Elon Musk Receives Letter From Stanford Lecturer

Tesla CEO Elon Musk just lately shared an image of a letter he obtained from a Stanford lecturer, who may have been his professor if he hadn't put his commencement research on "permanent deferment".  The letter, which dates again to 14 June, mentions a analysis work that Mr Musk might need labored on had he not dropped out of the college. "Nice letter from Bill Nix, who would've been my prof at Stanford if I hadn't put grad studies on (permanent) deferment," the SpaceX chief wrote within the caption.  Have a look beneath: 

Good letter from Invoice Nix, who would've been my prof at Stanford if I hadn't put grad research on (everlasting) deferment pic.twitter.com/ioq0mGwN7K— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 19, 2022

The introductory paragraph of the letter revealed that William D. Nix, professor of engineering on the division of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford College, was responding to Mr Musk's latest interview.  Additionally Learn | Elon Musk Targets Advert Tech Companies In Newest Twitter Battle It learn, "In a recent interview entitled: Elon Musk on the Early Days of Tesla: Interview Part 1, which was posted on YouTube, you mentioned meeting me at Stanford in 1995 as your prospective professor if you had enrolled in graduate program at Stanford".  Within the letter, the professor additionally praised Mr Musk for his "description of the issues of using Si for anodes for lithium batteries". He mentioned, "About 10 years ago we at Stanford did research on the very issues you described. Indeed, it almost seemed like you had read all our papers." Since being shared, the put up has garnered greater than 137,000 likes. It has prompted folks to share varied feedback. Mr Musk additionally replied to his personal put up and joked how the letter is exhibiting his PO Field quantity and that he might have to vary it. "Might need a new PO Box after tweeting this," he wrote within the following tweet.  Additionally Learn | Elon Musk Tweets He is Shopping for Manchester United, Then Says He Is not "Imagine you continued your studies instead of developing companies. You might be a professor and there would be no Tesla, SpaceX, or even PayPal. What a weird timeline it would have been," wrote one person. "This is so cool," added one other.  A 3rd mentioned, "It doesn't matter, you have achieved far more by taking your own road than that letter would have taken you. I respect your accomplishments. You have soared higher than the Eagles," whereas others merely identified the in all probability unintentional goof-up of exposing the PO field quantity.