David Senra

Starlink wasn't in the original vision.

It emerged because SpaceX was already there, launching so frequently and cheaply that a 9,000 satellite constellation became feasible.

Others couldn't see that opportunity because no one else was in a position to take it.

When you're at the frontier, possibilities present themselves that don't exist for anyone else.

Small groups with the right structure can do extraordinary things, not brilliant individuals.

Structured teams with fast feedback loops, real forcing functions, and cultural tolerance for visible failure.

The P-80 in five months, the SR-71 in four years, Falcon 1 to Falcon 9 in four years.

This has happened before, it can happen again.

The lesson isn't be like Elon.

Hero worship is the wrong takeaway.

One person didn't build Starship.

The lesson is that structure matters more than the hero.

Get the system right and the results follow.

If I had to distill to one question, it would be how fast are your feedback loops?

How fast can you get to reality?

You can see this pattern in every successful frontier tech effort.

The common thread is treating reality as the teacher and getting to class as often as possible.

And then he describes what the book is going to be.

That's the analysis.

But analysis is reconstruction, pattern matching after the fact, shaped by hindsight.