Elon Musk to build "Iron Man" suit

Billionaire Elon Musk has secretly been developing an "Iron Man" suit for the past 6 years. The eccentric CEO of Telsa and SpaceX has been compared to fictional character Tony Stark by multiple news outlets in the past. Now he plans to make Stark's alter ego his reality. After seeing the hit film in theaters back in 2008, Musk began developing the suit at the Tesla factory in Fremont, CA.

Elon Musk's transformation to Iron Man
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Since many of the technologies used in Stark's suit are unavailable in our reality, Musk has adapted the design to fit our currently available technology. Reports indicate that Musk will have many components from the SpaceX assembly facility shipped to Fremont for suit assembly.

To power his suit, the design calls for the use of lithium ion battery packs, identical to those found in the Telsa Model S. Musk plans to make use of the many "supercharger" stations Telsa Motors is placing around the country to keep his suit powered via battery swap. In case of emergency, the suit will be equipped with backup solar panels for charging on the fly (likely borrowed from SolarCity warehouses).

Stark's Musk's suit will be large enough to accommodate the Model S battery pack and Falcon 9 rocket engines
(Image Source: Telsa) 

For flight capability, the suit will use miniaturized Falcon 9 rocket engines. The suit's construction material will allow it to withstand speeds above Mach 3 and potentially allow spaceflight. Engineering is nearing completion and construction of the first prototype is set to start spring of 2015.