SpaceX proved that iterating fast and accepting early failures produces better rockets than designing for perfection. The aerospace industry took 60 years to learn what startups know instinctively.
The Dragon capsule docking with the ISS the first time was a private company doing what only nation-states had done before. The era of government space monopoly ended that day.
The problem with Elon Musk discourse is that people either worship him or despise him. Neither position lets you learn from one of the most studied operators alive.
Love him or hate him, Elon Musk running 3 world-changing companies simultaneously is a case study in delegation, systems, and obsessive focus. Most people can’t manage one task at a time.