Not every cunning idea has to be thought up in advance, and not every aspect of it needs to be devised by one person. Perhaps some of Musk’s advisors dreamed u

Not every cunning idea has to be thought up in advance, and not every aspect of it needs to be devised by one person. Perhaps some of Musk’s advisors dreamed up this strategy on realizing the dangers of “plan A” or even after the decision to back out was made.