News of Elon Musk stepping down from his role in the Trump administration was met with a mix of relief and disappointment. Some pondered if this meant a lack of hyper-speed innovation guaranteed by the “master of Mars,” while others might have breathed a sigh of relief that there would be no more midnight tweets conflating state policy with Dogecoin memes. Perhaps he now has more time to design a private rocket for weekend trips to the Moon, far away from mundane earthly political drama.