I certainly wouldn't call myself a defender of Musk since I'...

I certainly wouldn't call myself a defender of Musk since I'm really sure what there is to defend but SpaceX just safely returned 4 astronauts from the ISS and the next day launched 4 more to the station, which as far as I know is a first. Him buying $Twitter (Delisted)(TWTR.US)$ is a non-story for me. Twitter has about 200 million daily users which isn't much compared to facebooks almost 2 billion daily users.
Not having to rely on the Russians for rides to space is a bigger deal for me. That, plus the fact he's managed to some what disrupt the auto industry to a point where most manufactures are making EVs which is nice for the environment.
Basically, I'd like to have a livable planet in my senior years or at least some way to get off this rock if it all goes to hell. Which was my opinion pre Tesla/SpaceX.
Defend him? Nah Do I appreciate the effort/work he does? Yes $Tesla(TSLA.US)$