Part of me thinks this was always a publicity stunt - he never expected the rocket to succeed. And now that the possibilty of it succeeding looks increasingly l

Part of me thinks this was always a publicity stunt - he never expected the rocket to succeed. And now that the possibilty of it succeeding looks increasingly likely, he's backing out. SpaceX's timelines have always been highly optimistic, as he would have been well aware of when he signed up.