Build the rocket.
Test the rocket.
Launch the rocket. Go really fast! Intense! Get outside of gravity!
– Things can go wrong at this stage and a well-done plan might blow up
– Things can run out of fuel before exiting gravity, and you die
– In general, this is just how hard startups are. There is no gradual in this metaphor
Orbit. Now you are safe…but where do you go from here? Oxygen is limited.