When not to be a lean startup

The result is a vague article that could be vastly improved by driving home the point after each example.

For example:

> People want vastly cheaper prices launching stuff into orbit and deep space, ya know?

That's the entire text under the example heading.

This doesn't tell me why specifically SpaceX isn't a viable lean startup idea, nor does it tell me what happens if I go ahead anyway and try to build a lean startup around it. Nor does it say specifically what model SpaceX is or isn't using instead.

There are actually way too many Elon Musk ventures in this article. I get the same feeling reading about these companies as a get reading about Apple. Unique in just about every way, and probably not applicable to what you're doing.