Yes, he knows it.
He also knows it’s not his problem...............
People tend to canonize Musk. He has made a fortune and managed some real accomplishments. However this guy has some real flaws that otherwise rational people overlook. When confronted with difficulties he can be counted on to get stoned and avoids decisions. This business of taking a one way trip to Mars is really a death wish that suggests an underlying agitated depression. Yet there is little doubt that not many men could have organized Tesla and Space X that have had some real accomplishments despite their inherent contradictions. In the case of Tesla there has been no other company with a higher book value and actual capital invested with such a low return on investment. Musk has gambled the future of Tesla on Chinese production and marketing. So far the company has had to share all its patents and techniques with China and its Chinese competitors and has not returned a dime from its Chinese operations to investors.Tesla at its core has troubling similarities a Ponzi scheme. If reality ever caught up to the people investing in its stock, it would collapse. Space X has had an interesting ride but again what is the basis of a profitable endpoint? how will the company really make the money to justify the capital comitted and spent?