Washington DC, Oct. 8 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) honoured Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with the National Medal of Science at the White House's "Science: A New Golden Age Summit", praising him as a "national treasure" and "modern-day Thomas Edison" for his contributions to space exploration, technology and innovation.

Trump, before presenting the award, described Musk as "an industrial titan, a brilliant engineer, and one of the greatest technology founders to ever live".

"Quite honestly, there's nobody like him. Few Americans in history have done more to advance America's national interest than Elon in one field after another. His genius and determination have made science fiction into reality, and that is s...