Musk will drive his Tesla on Mars and you'll still be calling him a failed huckster because you don't like him.

Where did I say he failed? He’s obviously succeeded. Of course he’s a huckster but he’s good at it, or people are just easy to fool these days.

He won't.

His Tesla is already in the general area of Mars, so he's half-way there :P.

No, it isn't.

It is, ∆v-wise.