2017年9月12日
SpaceX公司成立
2002年6月,一家不起眼的太空技術(shù)探索公司Space Exploration Technologies(SpaceX)成立了掀虎。在洛杉磯郊區(qū) 1310East GrandAvenue in El Segundo,Elon Musk 租了一間舊倉(cāng)庫(kù)來(lái)發(fā)展他的太空事業(yè)羡宙。就像所有的創(chuàng)業(yè)者最開(kāi)始的時(shí)候狸剃,一切都看起來(lái)那么簡(jiǎn)陋,貨運(yùn)大卡車不斷的進(jìn)進(jìn)出出狗热,送來(lái)各種戴爾電腦钞馁,辦公桌,椅子斗搞,Elon Musk走到一個(gè)卸貨區(qū)指攒,動(dòng)手卸載設(shè)備。這大概是每個(gè)創(chuàng)業(yè)者記憶猶新的最開(kāi)始吧僻焚,雖然艱辛允悦,但這點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴卻無(wú)不是傾注了創(chuàng)業(yè)者的感情和心血。
Elon Musk是一個(gè)個(gè)人風(fēng)格很鮮明的人虑啤,這也反映在他的公司外觀處理上隙弛,很快的他就用干凈,清爽的白色奠定了公司的整個(gè)風(fēng)格基調(diào)狞山,而別出心裁的是辦工桌故意隨處散落在公司各處全闷,這樣一來(lái),畢業(yè)于常青藤的計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)家萍启,負(fù)責(zé)機(jī)器設(shè)計(jì)的工程師总珠,和負(fù)責(zé)機(jī)器安裝維修的機(jī)械師都可以坐在一起屏鳍,這完全打破了傳統(tǒng)航空公司工程師和機(jī)械師分隔千里的局面。
公司一成立局服,首先就明確了自己的立足之本---那就是生產(chǎn)火箭推進(jìn)器钓瞭,生產(chǎn)價(jià)格更低廉,質(zhì)量更好的火箭推進(jìn)器淫奔。并且優(yōu)化整個(gè)火箭裝配發(fā)射流程 山涡,爭(zhēng)取每個(gè)月多發(fā)射幾枚火箭,從中盈利唆迁,站穩(wěn)腳跟鸭丛。
SpaceX將會(huì)開(kāi)啟美國(guó)火箭領(lǐng)域的新紀(jì)元,一切都會(huì)變得更加現(xiàn)代化唐责。
SpaceX was to be America's attempt at a clean slate in the rochet business, a modernized reset.
Elon Musk認(rèn)為太空行業(yè)一直沒(méi)有取得真正的進(jìn)步鳞溉,雖然他們生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量非常好,但是卻成本太過(guò)于高昂鼠哥。他們每一次發(fā)射的火箭都如同法拉利一樣又貴又好穿挨,但是有時(shí)候便宜一點(diǎn)的本田就能滿足要求。
They were building a Ferrari for every lauch, when it was possible that a Honda Accord might to do the trick.
Elon Musk秉承這一想法肴盏,利用自己以前在硅谷的經(jīng)驗(yàn),和現(xiàn)代的新近發(fā)展的計(jì)算機(jī)電子技術(shù)帽衙,公司運(yùn)營(yíng)的相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)菜皂。他給自己的第一枚火箭起名Falcon 1,獵鷹一號(hào)厉萝,致敬《星球大戰(zhàn)》恍飘。
這個(gè)普通人看起來(lái)瘋狂的私營(yíng)火箭公司,其實(shí)是很有市場(chǎng)前景的谴垫。軍方其實(shí)一直在尋找價(jià)格低廉章母,小巧的衛(wèi)星,通過(guò)軟件重新配置翩剪,一接到通知馬上就能發(fā)射乳怎,類似于一次性衛(wèi)星∏巴洌科學(xué)家們需要低成本快速進(jìn)入太空蚪缀,得到反饋數(shù)據(jù),另外一些醫(yī)療消費(fèi)品行業(yè)出于對(duì)產(chǎn)品的考察也有進(jìn)入太空的興趣恕出。
雖然各方都表示出了對(duì)該公司的興趣询枚,但是一家私營(yíng)火箭公司制造的火箭能否應(yīng)用一切都還是個(gè)未知數(shù)。
Now we were going to make a low-cost rocket from scratch with a small team.People just didn't think it could be done.
就在這時(shí)浙巫,2002年eBay收購(gòu)了Paypal金蜀,作為Paypal股東的Elon Musk得到了一大筆流動(dòng)資金刷后,他立即向SpaceX注入了一億多美金,這下不僅讓公司員工對(duì)公司更有信心渊抄,增加了Elon Musk的自信和聲譽(yù)尝胆,而且也讓Elon Musk在SpaceX公司地位更加鞏固,不可能再次出現(xiàn)他被他一手創(chuàng)辦的公司排擠出去的事情了抒线。
喪子之痛
就在Elon Musk信心倍增的時(shí)候班巩,卻發(fā)生了一件讓他猝不及防的事情。他的十周大的兒子竟然死于嬰兒猝死綜合癥嘶炭!一生幾大悲抱慌,其中最大悲哀莫過(guò)于白發(fā)人送黑發(fā)人。他的妻子記錄下了當(dāng)時(shí)他們面對(duì)傷痛的不同表現(xiàn)眨猎∫纸“他死在了我的懷里,Elon明確表示他不想談?wù)摵⒆拥乃劳鏊悖覠o(wú)法理解寺渗,就像他無(wú)法理解我在人前的悲痛,他說(shuō)我這是”被感情牽著鼻子走“兰迫。事后Justie(Elon Musk的妻子)把這歸因于Elon Musk小時(shí)候的遭遇所產(chǎn)生的防御心理信殊,“他害怕黑暗,他只能一直向前汁果,這樣他才能生存下來(lái)涡拘。”
I held him in my arms when he died. Elon made it clear that he didi not want to talk about Nevada's death.I didn't understand this , just as he didn't understand why I grieved openly, which he regarded as 'emotionally manipulative'......Later Justie chalked up Musk's reaction to a defence mechanism that he'd learned from years of suffering as a kid.“He doesn't do well indark places,”...."He's forward-moving, and I think it's survial thing with him."
Elon Musk不愿把悲傷表露出來(lái)据德,他不明白把悲傷表達(dá)出來(lái)的好處鳄乏。“談?wù)撨@種事情只會(huì)讓我極度悲傷棘利,我不明白為什么要談?wù)撨@種極度悲傷的話題橱野。這對(duì)未來(lái)沒(méi)有好處,如果你還有其他孩子和責(zé)任善玫,沉浸在悲傷里對(duì)周圍的人都沒(méi)有好處水援。我不知道在這樣的情況下該做什么?“?
He didin't see the value in grieving publicly.“It made me extremely sad to talk about it,”Musk said.“It made me extremely sad to talk about it,”Musk said.“I'm not sure why I'd want to talk about extremely sad events.It does no good for the tuture .If you've got other kids and obligations , then wallowing in sadness does no good for anyone around you.I'm not sure what should be done in such situations. ”
讀到這里我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)Elon Musk是一個(gè)不愿意把內(nèi)心展現(xiàn)給別人的人蝌焚,有某種程度的自我防御傾向裹唆。在極度觸動(dòng)神經(jīng)的情緒下他反而凸顯出冷靜克制,因?yàn)樗X(jué)得極度的悲傷只會(huì)讓自己更加難過(guò)只洒,對(duì)己對(duì)彼都沒(méi)有好處许帐,他深深掩埋自己的痛苦,而不停止的工作則是他最好的逃避痛苦的方式毕谴。
(其實(shí)讀到這段成畦,特別是讀到他的妻子Justie說(shuō)”He spent three days on life support in a hospital in Orange County before we made the decision to take him off.I held him in my arms when he died.“他在醫(yī)院依靠呼吸機(jī)維持了三天生命距芬,最后我們決定摘下他的呼吸器,他死在了我的懷里循帐】蜃校“知道嗎?寥寥幾句拄养,徹如心肺离斩。 ? ??
我有三個(gè)兒子,可是我本該還有一個(gè)女兒瘪匿,到現(xiàn)在也該11歲了跛梗。當(dāng)時(shí)懷孕7個(gè)月的時(shí)候,出了意外棋弥,沒(méi)有征兆的胎心加快核偿,經(jīng)過(guò)了一系列的醫(yī)生誤診延誤之后十小時(shí),緊急手術(shù)生產(chǎn)出來(lái)之后顽染,發(fā)覺(jué)不明原因的胎內(nèi)缺氧漾岳,腦組織大面積損傷,要靠氧氣存活粉寞。我天天去看她尼荆,她長(zhǎng)得真好,什么都有唧垦,就是小耀找,到了第六天局骤,我們決定去掉她的氧氣管饭寺,她死在了我的懷里氮昧。當(dāng)時(shí)我就像在墜入一個(gè)無(wú)底的深淵,出不來(lái)了双炕,我不住的喊,誰(shuí)來(lái)救救我撮抓!我完了妇斤。我老公當(dāng)時(shí)沒(méi)有表現(xiàn)出極大的悲傷,他一直陪著猶如行尸走肉的我丹拯,拼命地干活站超,干活,干活乖酬。當(dāng)時(shí)我還有個(gè)三歲大的蛋蛋死相,可我當(dāng)時(shí)根本不想管他,我的世界里只剩下了悲傷咬像,而不發(fā)一言的老公承擔(dān)了一切家庭瑣事算撮,也獨(dú)自吞下了更多的悲傷生宛,他至今從來(lái)不愿在人前討論這件事情。這也許是男女處理感情的不同方式吧肮柜,或是性格不同的人面對(duì)感情的不同處理方式陷舅。其實(shí)不管你是平民百姓,還是億萬(wàn)富翁审洞,每個(gè)家庭的悲歡離合總是那么相似莱睁。這就是生活吧,如果只有喜劇也許就不會(huì)讓你刻骨銘心了芒澜。)
親密的團(tuán)隊(duì)大家庭tight-knit family
Elon Musk很快從喪子之痛中走了出來(lái)仰剿,投入下一步的工作,他們發(fā)現(xiàn)如果公司外包給其他公司做火箭各個(gè)零部件的話撰糠,不僅價(jià)格昂貴酥馍,而且進(jìn)程緩慢,最終他們決定自己動(dòng)手阅酪,獨(dú)立從事Falcon 1獵鷹一號(hào)火箭的全部開(kāi)發(fā)工作旨袒。
Elon Musk的團(tuán)隊(duì)是個(gè)超豪華的明星陣容,有資歷雄厚的公司高管术辐,還有年輕有為的工程師們砚尽,他們都是Elon Musk親自到各大名校招收的成績(jī)優(yōu)異的學(xué)生。一些年輕有為的年輕學(xué)生討厭官僚主義橫行的條條框框辉词,SpaceX的雄心壯志傳遍業(yè)界必孤,好多有之的年輕工程師紛紛從各大航空公司跳槽來(lái)到這家新興的公司工作。在這里工作超強(qiáng)度瑞躺,但是卻超級(jí)讓人倍感充實(shí)熱血敷搪。是啊,誰(shuí)沒(méi)有瘋狂的夢(mèng)想幢哨?誰(shuí)不想搏上一搏赡勘?就這樣,大批的新成員進(jìn)入SpaceX公司捞镰。在這個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)里闸与,由于出于必要和冒險(xiǎn)精神,人人在這里都是全才岸售,這群年輕的工程師個(gè)個(gè)都有跨學(xué)科的本領(lǐng)践樱。雖然他們的工作時(shí)是超負(fù)荷的,可是也許對(duì)于這群年輕人來(lái)說(shuō)凸丸,信任感拷邢,成就感才是他們最珍惜的東西。一位年輕的工程師Hollman曾這樣說(shuō)“盡管你才24屎慢,25歲解孙,他們那么信任你坑填,這讓你覺(jué)得充滿力量。”
You're twenty-four or twenty-five, and they're trusting you with so much .It was very empowering .
建造火箭的過(guò)程艱辛異常弛姜,成員們歷盡千辛萬(wàn)苦不放棄脐瑰,可是面對(duì)挫折,也難免會(huì)發(fā)自暴自棄的牢騷廷臼。而面對(duì)團(tuán)隊(duì)成員的種種問(wèn)題苍在,Elon Musk也展現(xiàn)了自己暖心的高情商,有次Tom Mueller在經(jīng)歷了一連串的實(shí)驗(yàn)失敗了荠商,對(duì)著電話發(fā)牢騷寂恬,Elon Musk這樣安慰他,好吧莱没,沒(méi)事的初肉,安靜點(diǎn),我們?cè)賮?lái)饰躲。但實(shí)際上那天據(jù)同事所說(shuō)牙咏,他聽(tīng)完Tom Mueller令人氣餒的電話,幾乎要哭出來(lái)了嘹裂。
He said ,'Okay, all right, that's fine.Just calm down.We'll do it again tomorrow.'Cowrkers in EL Segundo later reported that Musk had been near tears during this call after hearing the frustration and agony in Mueller's voice.
Elon Musk對(duì)工作要求很高妄壶,這里的工作都是高強(qiáng)度的工作,但是他也會(huì)貼心的幫助員工解決后顧之憂寄狼,比如他會(huì)幫助員工預(yù)約眼科醫(yī)生丁寄,支付手術(shù)費(fèi)等等。
在他手底下干活泊愧,一定要明白他的對(duì)工作的要求伊磺,Elon Musk不接受找借口推脫或者沒(méi)有明確的工作計(jì)劃。
What Musk would not tolerate were excuses or the lack of a clear plan of attack.
Elon Musk有時(shí)候還會(huì)親自動(dòng)手參與工作删咱,絲毫不在意弄臟他那身昂貴的意大利名牌衣服奢浑。就這樣,SpaceX形成了一種特有的團(tuán)隊(duì)氛圍腋腮,就像一個(gè)親密的大家庭,一起抵制別人的質(zhì)疑壤蚜。
SpaceX had developed the feeling of small , tight-knit family up against the world.
單詞部分
1.drum up? v.竭力爭(zhēng)取(支持);兜攬(生意) If you drum up support or business, you try to get it.
He wanted to show the public what his tireless workers had accomplished and drum up some excitement around SpaceX.
It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
2.boondoggle n.浪費(fèi)時(shí)間金錢的無(wú)用機(jī)構(gòu)即寡;毫無(wú)意義的活動(dòng) People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.
In my mind, it was a boondoggle.
Our investment in it ?was a boondoggle.
3.chalk up to 歸咎于,歸因于
Justie chalked up Musk's reaction to a defence mechanism that he'd learned from years of suffering as a kid.“
You can chalk up his mistake to carelessness.
Can we simply chalk it up to " cultural differences? "
4.obsess v.(使)著迷袜刷;(使)迷戀聪富;(使)心神不寧 If something obsesses you or if you obsess about something, you keep thinking about it and find it difficult to think about anything else.
...they didn't really obsess over whether Musk's delivery schedule sounded realistic or not.
She is obsessing over her weight
5.no muss, no fuss 不慌不忙,沒(méi)什么大驚小怪著蟹,沒(méi)有混亂
How’s the party? Well, no fuss,no muss.
muss and fuss? 大驚小怪
6.bowing to ? bow有鞠躬的意思墩蔓,在這里引申為屈服梢莽,秉承于...
Bowing to his nature ,Musk set aninsanely ambitious timeline for all of this.
Bowing to the pressure of his wife ,he finally gave up his plan.