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"I'm saying this because he is a businessman, not an engineer."

Musk is the Chief Designer at Space-X, Product Architect at Tesla Motors, and a member of the Stanford University Engineering Advisory Board. He has previously served as a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. - Wikipedia.

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Elon Musk is not an engineer. He does not have an engineering degree and does not hold an engineering license.

I'm a huge fan of the guy, but he is not an engineer.

No, but he has a bachelor's in physics along with his business degree. And from personal experience I can say that if you hang around enough with engineers you pick up a lot of things.

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