Butt Elon is nott the tech guru, he is the munny-raising and promotion carnival barker.that getts the Buck Rogers bucks to make the damn things.
Exactly. I don't think an undergraduate degree in physics from Penn will get you far in the aerospace biz.
And yes, Musk knows how to raise money, and how to attract a lot of cult followers. Some of his ideas are good; others are not. He's certainly made a mess of Twitter.
I am not good at raising money, or at self promotion of any kind.