>>465158It's complicated with Elon, since his Space X appears to be a serious thing with a lot of government contracts.
But his Hyperloop fiasco proved he is one of the snakeoil "salesman entrepreneurs".
This type of creature hires scientists and program them to hype up a product or a concept.
They will then proceed to leech from your tax money and get government contracts through lies and deception. And also deceive as many private investors as possible.