Elon Musk’s ‘Indian Twitter friend’ finally gets to meet him in Texas, shares pic

International

oi-Deepika S

Texas,
Aug
23:
It
was
a
dream
come
true
for
Pranay
Pathole,
the
24-year-old
IT
professional
from
Pune,
India,
who
met
his
idol
Elon
Musk
in
Tesla’s
Texas
factory.
Musk
and
Pathole
have
been
friends,
though
Twitter.
They
discuss
about
multiplantery
travel,
aliens,
Mars,
electric
cars
and
all
things
rocket
science.

On
Monday,
Pathole
uploaded
a
picture
capturing
the
moment
he
met
his
idol,
Musk.

“It
was
so
great
meeting
you
@elonmusk
at
the
Gigafactory
Texas.
Never
seen
such
a
humble
and
down-to-earth
person.
You’re
an
inspiration
to
the
millions,”
tweeted
Pathole/

It
was
so
great
meeting
you

@elonmusk
at
the
Gigafactory
Texas.
Never
seen
such
a
humble
and
down-to-earth
person.
You’re
an
inspiration
to
the
millions
????

pic.twitter.com/TDthgWlOEV

—
Pranay
Pathole
(@PPathole)

August
22,
2022

The
post
has
now
went
viral
on
social
media
with
many
netizens
congratulating
Pathole
for
meeting
someone
who
is
an
inspiration
to
millions
of
people.

Since
being
posted
the
image
has
garnered
40.2K
views
with
over
26.7k
retweets.

Take
a
look
at
the
twitter
reaction

A
dream
come
true

@PPathole
…The
feeling
of
meeting
someone
whom
you
have
admired
for
so
long,
would
be
nothing
less
than
seeing
God
….
🙂
Upwards
and
onwards
from
here..
best
wishes

—
Prashant
Pathole
(@patholep)

August
22,
2022

????❤️
Wow,
that
comes
as
a
surprise,
Pranay.
So
awesome????.
Congratulations!
Great
photo
????
You
look
really
happy
and
Elon
seems
to
enjoy
it
too.
I’m
a
bit
envious,
I
must
admit☺️.
Did
you
guys
have
time
to
talk
a
bit?
Please
tell
us
about
it.

—
Maren
Kahnert
▪️
????⚔❤
(@marenkahnert)

August
22,
2022

Yo!
Glad
you
two
finally
got
to
meet!

—
Cole
Adam
Davis
(@COLEADAMDAVIS)

August
22,
2022

On
August
2,
Pathole
asked
Elon
if
he
had
read
Nick
Bostrom’s
paper
“Astronomical
Waste”
and
tweeted,
“This
essentially
states
that
every
second
we
delay
expanding
into
space,
we
lose
at
least
one
hundred
trillion
potential
human
lives
that
could
have
lived.”

Musk’s
promptly
replied
to
his
Indian
Twitter
pal-“That
estimate
seems
high,
but
the
point
is
valid.”