All of that is about Tesla, which is a publicly traded company whose CEO is Musk. Making outlandish claims about your new product and therefore how outlandishly

All of that is about Tesla, which is a publicly traded company whose CEO is Musk. Making outlandish claims about your new product and therefore how outlandishly profitable your company is going to be in 2-8 quarters is the status quo for CEOs. Musk claims about SpaceX tend to be significantly less outlandish. (less, not none, he still throws some doozies out there) He doesn't need to sell a dream to shareholders. The customers of the product aren't dreamy eyed brand loyalists, the customers are mostly corporations and governments whose decision making processes are going to be driven mostly by accountants and lawyers. My attitude about Musk's Tesla claims mostly fall in the category of "I'll believe it when I see it," but with SpaceX it's cautious optimism.