And he is iterating a lot. His designs usually are not finished, when they get used for the first time. The first F9 wasn't reusable and had much less power than the current block 5. But it was flying, good enough to sustain business and giving opportunity to learn and experiment. All the crashes while getting the landing right were of no consequence for the launching business. All the tests happened with rockets which had delivered their cargo.

I see a similar development with the Boring company. They have dug their first demonstration tunnel. So they have a basic handle on tunnel digging. Doing so they made valuable experiences and claim to have improved their digging machine already significantly. Digging the Las Vegas tunnel is going to add much more experience to it and means, the company is a working business. They might not have a good idea yet, what to drive through the tunnel, but I am sure, they will come up with something. At the first presentation, they drove a Model X with guiding wheels attached at like 40mph. That was nice, but not great. Now they made a new video - they have redone the tunnel floor and now a Tesla reaches 127 mph just driving on autopilot through the tunnel. If everything else is worked out, I am sure there will be a custom vehicle driving through these tunnels, which optimizes throughput.

> Elon is perfectly willing to pivot to what works after exhausting all other options.

reminds me of the quote with an odd past:

> You can depend on Americans to do the right thing when they have exhausted every other possibility.

>I've noticed that Elon Musk's projects often start off in the wrong direction, but evolve in a way that works ultimately.

With butt loads of public money?