“When I cite a schedule, it’s actually a schedule I think is true,” Musk said in a response to a question at Code Conference. “It’s not some fake schedule I don’t think is true. I may be delusional. That is entirely possible, and maybe it’s happened from time to time, but it’s never some knowingly fake deadline ever."
Which sounds convincing until you realize the cargo missions are already supposed to be delivered.
And it's fun to make fun of how poorly the space industry holds on to their timelines but really I would much rather have the launch go well and deliver the most output possible, private or public. Mars transfer windows come about every 2 years, it's not a tragedy to miss one or two of it means we get to maximize the payload and make sure we have triple checked everything that needs to be checked.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/02/elon-musk-hopes-spacex...
And it's fun to make fun of how poorly the space industry holds on to their timelines but really I would much rather have the launch go well and deliver the most output possible, private or public. Mars transfer windows come about every 2 years, it's not a tragedy to miss one or two of it means we get to maximize the payload and make sure we have triple checked everything that needs to be checked.