Even if I might lose everything with SpaceX, I believed we could still make progress and that another company could continue the work if we failed.

Successful founders often exhibit an obsessive focus and a level of irrationality in their pursuits, as exemplified by Elon Musk's approach to launching SpaceX.

Elon Musk invested his entire fortune into SpaceX, demonstrating extreme commitment by planning for three rocket launches, despite the risk of failure.

Musk's willingness to risk bankruptcy for the chance of success in his rocket launches illustrates a remarkable level of irrationality that can be seen as admirable in the context of entrepreneurship.

Accepting the probabilities of success can help diminish fear. When I started SpaceX, I thought the odds of success were less than 10%, but I accepted that risk.

Accepting the probabilities can diminish fear; I thought the odds of success with SpaceX were less than 10%, but I accepted that risk.

Elon Musk's approach to risk is rooted in first principles; he believes that the U.S. was founded by risk-takers, but now there are more regulators than risk-takers.

With Tesla, I thought the odds of the company succeeding were extremely low, but I still pursued it.

The goal of SpaceX is to advance rocket technology, particularly by developing a rapidly and fully reusable rocket, which is essential for humanity to become a space-faring civilization.