This "Project Mars" book was written by Wernher von Braun in 1949 (translated from German the same year) and describes the technical effort to colonize mars, along with a detailed account of what would be needed and how society would function. Set in the futuristic 1980's, it describes the need for 950 ships with reusable boosters.
Chapter 24 talks about how mars will be governed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled the "Elon".
Chapter 24 talks about how mars will be governed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled the "Elon".