这是一段充满了挑战和奋斗的“”激情燃烧的岁月“，为一群心怀梦想的年轻人点赞！
2002年6月， Space Exploration Techonolgies 成立，年轻的技术咖们被Musk的信任所鼓舞，怀揣“天高任鸟飞”的激情，开始了白手起家造火箭的征程。没有官僚体制的束缚，一帮年轻人肆意发挥创新和想象，体验着每一个小小改变带来的喜悦，感受着一次次失败带来的沮丧。但是那种历经挫折终见彩虹的体验，让这帮年轻人为之着迷。
“I was exhausted and out of shape mentally , but soon I loved it and got totally hooked. ”
Musk一如既往开启先知+先行的模式，先知体现在他的胸有成竹,Bowing to his nature , Musk set an insanely ambitious timeline for all of this . 公司成立之初，已经列出了时间表，预计在十五个月后进行第一次发射。先行体现在他的脚踏实地。From time to time , Musk participated in the testing process firsthand...Musk , clothes ruinted ,had decided the hardware was flawed ,tested his hyposthesis ,and moved on quickly ,asking the engineers to come up with a new solution .
在本节中，我们看到了一个血肉更加丰满的Musk。
面对悲伤时，他不愿袒露忧伤，始终“向前看”。当他经历了第一个孩子夭折时, I am not sure why I 'd want to talk about extremely sad events. It does no good for the future .....wallowing in sadness does not good for anyone around you 。这一点值得我们学习，面对悲痛，伤怀感伤无济于事，尽快从悲痛中走出来，给自己和身边的人以力量，眼光投向未来。
面对压力时，他流露出对别人的体恤、关怀和信任。之前对于他confrontational know-it-all 的感觉，在这一节中大为改观。例如，在引擎测试连续失败的时候，团队面对压力非常沮丧。Musk的一席话，提振了团队士气。
Elon had pretty good patience . ."Okeay ,all right , that's fine . Just calm down . We 'll do it again tomorrow " . .... Cowworkers reported that Musk had been near tears during this call after hearing the frustration and agony in Mueller's voice .
面对别人的不理解时，例如，当他提出要造一个火箭模型展示于众时,大家都不理解，这边紧锣密鼓真火箭还没整出来，要弄一个模型出来不是劳民伤财吗？ 矛盾的爆发源于一个身心疲惫、连续加班、弄丢眼镜的技术员，一顿发泄非但没有招致斥责，反而是Musk为他预约了眼科医生。绝对是润物无声，无声胜有声的温情和关怀。比说教、反驳、命令强得多的思维模式。矛盾和情绪很快得到化解，而且大家事后也很快认同了Musk的想法。
这也是我们感受到Musk向Interdependance提升的个人成长的一大步。当然必须要提到的一个人就是Musk的忠实助手Brown， 严肃认真又不失和蔼，善于察言观色，又能够内外周旋。她是极其重要的一个角色, 可以说在Musk处理一些人际关系方面起到了很大作用。
she would emerge as the only bridge between Musk and alll of his interests and was an invaluable asset to the companies' employees.
字词：
1、His sanity fray .
①clothor rope frays=come apart from each other磨损
例：The fabric is very fine or frays easily.
②=become nervous or easily annoyed because of mental strain and anxiety. 烦躁
例：Tempers began to fray as the two teams failed to score.
2. In my mind ,it was a boondoggle 补刀狗？
Boondoggle= waste a lot of time and money and does not achieve much. (劳民伤财的)无用物/例：The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle.这条新跑道是一个价值十亿美元的废物。
3. She helped balance the vibe around the office.
Vibes are the good or bad atmosphere that you sense with a person or in a place.感应;气氛
例：Sorry, Chris, but I have bad vibes about this guy.我对这家伙感觉不太好。
4. 发挥不屈不挠的精神 put Space X’s relentless ethos into play .
鼓舞士气 The resultant mammoth government contractor held a picnic to boost morale but ended up failing at ever this simple exercise.
本性使然：Bowing to his nature , Musk set an insanely ambitious timeline for all of this.
回译练习：
1. 有了这么一大笔投资，再没有人能够像当初收购Zip2和PayPal那样把SpaceX的控制权从马斯克手中夺走了。
With such a massive up-front investment, no one would be able to wrestle control of SpaceX away from Musk asthey had done at Zip2 and PayPal.
up-front --预付款，up-front investment --前期投资；wrestle control away from... --从...夺走控制权
2. 她始终坚定地站在他这一边，淡定、从容。
Brown put on her firm countenance and no-nonsense attitude.
countenance --面容，表情（书面语）；no-nonsense --严肃的，正经的，与down-to-earth同义
3. SpaceX的普通工程师都是年轻的小伙子，他们在学校时成绩优异。
The rank-and-file engineers at Space Xtended to be young, male overachievers.
rank-and-file --一般大众的，基层的；overachiever --成绩优异者，反义词-- underachiever