People, and especially venture capitalists, often use the symbol of a space rocket to indicate a big, audacious goal, an amazing ambition, or the launch of a daring new project. But I actually built an orbital space rocket company, from nothing but an idea, and I can tell you how it started, show you the path I took to make it a reality, outline how I raised enormous amounts of funding, explain what it really takes to succeed when building such a wildly ambitious business, and then inspire you to carve your own path to realize what - today - might seem like an impossible dream.