I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

If you go back back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.

I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.

You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.

Does the logic connect? What are the range of probably outcomes? You want to figure out what those probabilities are and ideally be the House. It's fine to gamble, as long as you're the House. Also, listen to critical feedback, particularly from friends. Generally they will be thinking it but they won't tell you.

My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.