He also has what I imagine to be 'Howard Hughes' heroic-visionary-craziness (from before the pain relief medication turned Howard Hughes actually crazy). Like m

He also has what I imagine to be 'Howard Hughes' heroic-visionary-craziness (from before the pain relief medication turned Howard Hughes actually crazy). Like most people here I was not around when Howard Hughes was, however, having an Elon Musk around on planet earth right now does make you wonder what times must have been like at the start of aviation or motoring when there were apparently more popular visionary geniuses around getting stuff done. I also think Elon Musk is reminiscent of the early railway pioneers - Brunel and Stephenson's son spring to mind.