I have to believe it's because any time he gets near something potentially dangerous they distract him with something that can't hurt him. You know. The way you handle a toddler.
He did almost kill himself and Thiel in 2000, when he was driving a McLaren F1. It turned out to be way too much car for him to handle, and he totaled it. Also, it was uninsured.
Jingle a keyring. "Look at the shiny!"
That or (more likely) because he's such a hands-off coward, that he'll get other people to do it, then take the credit when they succeed. We've already known for years he doesn't think people deserve credit for things (that aren't him).
Likely the case. When he took over Twitter, people said the reason it fell apart so quickly when Tesla and SpaceX functioned was there were people at each whose jobs were to be the buffer between Musk and fucking with shit like a babysitter. Twitter didn't have one and he started fucking with shit.Likely the case. When he took over Twitter, people said the reason it fell apart so quickly when Tesla and SpaceX functioned was there were people at each whose jobs were to be the buffer between Musk and fucking with shit like a babysitter. Twitter didn't have one and he started fucking with shit.
"Uh oh, he's coming up. Somebody grab the keys!"
Alt: The jingling of the keys
I assume that's why he's never been outside the atmosphere despite how much he professes to love space.
Hoping something embarrassing and lethal happens to him is one of the bits of spite that keeps me going some days.