There's some here who have a certain amount of disbelief regarding the progress that Weyland make in a few dozen years. I think, even more now, that Weyland is the 'Prometheus' analogy, the little tidbits of info such as his mother being a professor of comparitive mythology and the seemingly trivial mention in the timeline;
Weyland Industries opens several new offices across the globe expanding corporate presence to Greece, Antarctica, El Salvador, and South Africa to name a few.
July 21, 2035
Indicate to me that Weyland gains his knowledge from clues left behind by Alien visitors (the saucer people). After finding the first piece (maybe with his mother on a field trip to an ancient Indian Temple) he tracks down further artifacts around the globe and passes that information on it his research teams. I'm not assuming that he finds huge stone slabs with carvings but perhaps something that is hidden in some weird inter-dimensional safe deposit box, he finds out how to access the first one by mistake and then it snowballs from there.
Just a theory...
