#篇章#
对于太空的好奇，探索火星想让人类踏足于此。尽管一切从头开始，没有丰富的科研研究，没有详细的计划，Elon一步步让insane idea 成为可以实现伟大目标。当目标遥不可及时，Elon没有退缩也没急于求成，一如既往的坚定和用行动说话。收集科技沙龙的资料整理，参加科学学术会议，详细探索火星的过程，所需技术。当面对火箭窗户设计等问题时，Elon较之无谓的担心，更多的是立即行动起来。
He turned some of the volunteer thinkers into consultants, and put them to work on the plant machine's design. He also plotted a trip to Russia to find out exactly how much a launch would cost……Musk had spent months studying the aerospace industry and the physics behind it
一方面自己亲自去俄罗斯去预算所需的费用，另一方面自己大量阅读相关书籍文献，了解整个工业科技的各项技术需要。当与俄罗斯交易购买失败时，有准备的提出自己建火箭的念头。有幸遇见资深火箭建筑专家Tom Mueller，让疯狂的念头不那么不着边际。
#词汇#
Musk believed that the very idea of America was intertwined with humanity’s desire to explore.
intertwined
释义：if two situations, ideas etc are intertwined, they are closely related toeach other:与...相关,
同义：correlative, interrelated, pertinent,relevant
✏️ be closely/ inextricably intertwined 密切相关的
例句：The problems of crime and unemployment are closely intertwined.
The start-up life, which Musk described as akin to "eating glass and staring into the abyss,"
akin to
释义：something very similar to something: 相似的，类似于
同义： kindred, related, analogous
例句 ：Something akin to panic overwhelmed him.
While these measures failed, Adeo went along to Russia to try to contain Musk as best as he could.
contain
①to stop something from spreading or escaping: 阻止，阻挡，限制，控制
同义：control ，curb
例子：Doctors are struggling to contain the epidemic.
②to control strong feelings of anger, excitement etc: 控制情绪
例子：He was so excited he could hardly contain himself.
#搭配#
①immense engineering challenges 巨大挑战
✏️ 替换常用的一big,major, huge . 也可用tremendous challenge
②a flat-out bad idea：复习 isflat-out 完全的
③rebuffed his request~替换 reject one's requeste
#thought#
People didn't always get the sacrifice he made in order to be where he was.
Elon的成功不是因为自己梦想多么荒诞遥远，而是面对遥不可及的目标时敢于坚定理想，勇于付出行动，敢于付出不亚于任何人的努力，让荒诞的逐渐不荒诞最终实现它。而从Mueller和Musk合作中觉得，更应该不断提高自己的认知边界，很多自己认为不可能、荒诞的事，或者只是决定事情成功决定因素在你认知以外罢了。
The caliber of the people impressed Mueller, who had turned down past job offers from Beal and other budding space magnates because of their borderline insane ideas.
敬佩Tom Mueller的勇气和魄力,如此纯粹的选择自己工作。