Against all odds. Congratulations Elon Musk and SpaceX.
Elon Musk recounts founding SpaceX against long odds and refusing to quit after three Falcon rocket failures in 2008.
“I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor. But if something's important enough, then you do it even though the risk of failure is high.”— Elon Musk
An a16z-published retrospective celebrates Elon Musk and SpaceX's perseverance through early Falcon rocket failures and the company's Mars ambitions. While motivational, the content concerns space launch and entrepreneurship, not AI, so it carries minimal signal for an AI industry newsletter.