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.
