Elon Musk has hit a few bumpy patches on his fake-it-till-you-make-it journey towards becoming Lord of the Universe. His ultimate goal, as we know, is to be the vanguard of a new interplanetary species and conquer Mars. But while he waits for his SpaceX engineers to perfect the necessary rocket technology, he’s had to content himself with more earthly pursuits: dancing an increasingly fraught tango with Twitter and tipping the balance in a major European war.
