Re: Sounds familar
"At least in the space arena, we have Elon Musk, who might not be that competent, but he's got a lot more done than any one else."
I would suggest that in terms of space flight Musk has demonstrated more competence than basically anyone else in recent history.
He has been pretty ruthlessly focussed on a single long term aim, and SpaceX has developed (almost as sideline technology en route to his vision) an incredibly successful launch vehicle, which is much more reusable than any previous vehicle (oh how people laughed when they started trying to land F9 boosters), and now has multiple orbital class boosters which have flown 10 times or more, and they are launching more flights per year than everyone else combined.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
