[ErikAugust]

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”

― Norman Vincent Peale

[swivelmaster]

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll be acquired by Yahoo!.”

[rexreed]

or SalesForce in the case of Slack

[justusthane]

Or, you know, come crashing back to earth at terminal velocity.

[Ancapistani]

That beats drifting out into deep space, alive but unable to do anything other than watch your life support system slowly but inevitably fail.