Elon Musk-Ch 6-03

Day 8

Chapter 6 MICE IN SPACE

太空计划不仅需要巨大的资金投入，强有力的专业技术能力，对抗压力和风险能力的需求也是惊人的。此前也有不少富豪斥资投入的太空计划，玩一把烧光钱就撤出的例子也是不少。举国之力做航天、太空计划也是困难的，文中的失败案例统计也有些颠覆了之前的固有认知，失败率几乎是半数（似乎中国的火箭发射失败率大大小于文中的各类机构的发射失败率）。更不用说新公司面临的巨大压力。这里记录了马斯克SPACEX公司火箭发射尝试的三次失败，头三次、重大、连续的失败，不仅仅对技术团队，资本提出了挑战，也是抗压力的巨大煎熬，马斯克选择独自沉默应对压力，并且挺了过来。这段对个人在低谷期的压力挑战，给出了很正面的榜样。真正的铁腕，是把枪口对着自己，也敢嚼着玻璃，凝视深渊。

ludicrous

lu‧di‧crous /ˈluːdəkrəs/ adjective

completely unreasonable, stupid, or wrong SYN ridiculous

It is ludicrous to suggest that I was driving under the influence of alcohol.

The court granted him the ludicrous sum of £100 in damages.

That’s a ludicrous idea.

原文参考：

The whole situation was ludicrous. A start-up rocket company had ended up in the middle of nowhere trying to pull off one of the most difficult feats known to man, and, truth be told, only a handful of the SpaceX team had any idea how to make a launch happen.

remnant

rem‧nant /ˈremnənt/ ●○○ noun [countable]

1 [usually plural] a small part of something that remains after the rest of it has been used, destroyed, or eaten

remnant of

The remnants of a meal stood on the table.

2 a small piece of cloth left from a larger piece and sold cheaply、

crate

crate /kreɪt/ ●○○ noun [countable]

1 crate.jpg a large box made of wood or plastic that is used for carrying fruit, bottles etc

crate of

a crate of beer

2 old-fashioned a very old car or plane that does not work very well

crate (also crate up) verb [transitive]

to pack things into a crate

原文参考：

Some of the engineers put on their snorkeling and scuba gear and recovered the pieces, fitting all of the rocket’s remnants into two refrigerator-sized crates.