Well put. Whatever anyone has to say about the man, the most incredible thing about Elon is that he finds ways to pursue his crazy ideals while somehow staying profitable.
His main ideal, making humanity multi-planetary, requires a great deal of profitability, because it's almost nobody else's goal.
My opinion is that he will, when the time is right, sell his holdings in Tesla and dump all of that right back into SpaceX or whatever entity is pushing the ball forward.
[1]https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-compensation...
Something to the effect of 'When I was in college, I tested how little I could live on. Turns out rice and beans are really cheap. So even if I fail, I'm not going to starve.'
Admittedly, kids and spouses change ones opinion on that, but it's a fair way to keep perspective, even after becoming rich.
Or one can hedge their bets and optimize for retaining creature comforts at all costs.
Point of this thread being, Elon could certainly be forgiven for doing the latter, but he still seems to be tacking closer to the former.