Consider the earliest days of Apple. Musk is the equivalent of Steve Jobs, who was the idea man and promoter. Steve Wozniak was the engineer who made the ideas happen. Both were necessary for Apple’s survival and success, but their roles were different.
From what I’ve read, Musk has a complete understanding of physics and engineering.
OTOH, Steve Jobs went on and on about the influence of his calligraphy class in college.
Don’t see the parallel. Neither Wozniak nor Jobs were dependent on taxpayer-funded government handouts. And who is Wozniak to Musk’s Jobs, then?