Postcards from the Bleeding Edge
Sunday, March 26, 2006
One phrase missing from most of the news stories covering the failed launch of Spacex's falcon 1, was at the end of this, from Elon Musk:
Come hell or high water! - that statement moved me to tears. Musk is our modern day Delos D. Harriman, inheriting the mantle that Gary Hudson carried through the 80s and 90s.
Come hell or high water! - making it possible for everyman to get to space.
I hope the government's investigating commission concludes quickly, so SpaceX can get back on the track of making history.
Come hell or high water! - it's a phrase that should be part every startup's mission statement - and I'm glad it's a part of Musk's vocabulary. Anyone faced with doing the improbable should start each day with Come hell or high water on their lips.
Go SpaceX, Spacedev & Bigelow! Come hell or high water! Go! ¶ 5:36 PM 0 comments
- It is perhaps worth noting that those launch companies that succeeded also took their lumps along the way. A friend of mine wrote to remind me that only 5 of the first 9 Pegasus launches succeeded; 3 of 5 for Ariane; 9 of 20 for Atlas; 9 of 21 for Soyuz; and 9 of 18 for Proton. Having experienced firsthand how hard it is to reach orbit, I have a lot of respect for those that persevered to produce the vehicles that are mainstays of space launch today.
I am very encouraged and grateful that our launch customers took the time to call and express their support of SpaceX when their reaction could easily have been the opposite. We will stand by them as they have stood by us. SpaceX is in this for the long haul and, come hell or high water, we are going to make this work.
Come hell or high water! - that statement moved me to tears. Musk is our modern day Delos D. Harriman, inheriting the mantle that Gary Hudson carried through the 80s and 90s.
Come hell or high water! - making it possible for everyman to get to space.
I hope the government's investigating commission concludes quickly, so SpaceX can get back on the track of making history.
Come hell or high water! - it's a phrase that should be part every startup's mission statement - and I'm glad it's a part of Musk's vocabulary. Anyone faced with doing the improbable should start each day with Come hell or high water on their lips.
Go SpaceX, Spacedev & Bigelow! Come hell or high water! Go! ¶ 5:36 PM 0 comments
