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TED十佳演讲之伟大预言 伯特·鲁坦: 预见太空未来(7)

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  • They were inspired by big progress. But look at the progress that's going on after that.
  • 他们被巨大的进步所鼓舞。但看看那之后的进步。
  • There were a couple of examples here. The military fighters had a -- highest-performance military airplane was the SR71.
  • 这里有两个例子。军事战斗机有一架最高性能的空军飞机是SR71。
  • It went a whole life cycle, got too rusty to fly, and was taken out of service.
  • 它走过了整个生命周期,直到锈迹斑斑才停滞飞行,退出服役。
  • The Concorde doubled the speed for airline travel. It went a whole life cycle without competition, took out of service.
  • 协和式飞机使空军旅行速度翻倍。它飞过了整个生命周期,没有遇到任何竞争;然后停飞。
  • And we're stuck back here with the same kind of capability for military fighters and commercial airline travel that we had back in the late '50s.
  • 而我们就此卡住,拥有这样的军事战斗机和商业航空旅行,我们回到了50年代末期。
  • But something is out there to inspire our kids now. And I'm talking about if you've got a baby now, or if you've got a 10-year-old now.
  • 但现在出现了一些事情去鼓舞我们的孩子。我是说如果你现在有一个婴儿,或你有一个10岁的孩子。
  • What's out there is there's something really interesting going to happen here.
  • 外面正在发生一些非常有趣的事情。
  • Relatively soon, you'll be able to buy a ticket and fly higher and faster than the highest-performance military operational airplane.
  • 不久,你就能买张票,然后飞地比最高性能的军事作战飞机更高、更快。
  • It's never happened before. The fact that they have stuck here with this kind of performance has been,
  • 这在之前从未发生过。事实是它们拥有着这种性能的飞行器却止步不前,
  • well, you know, you win the war in 12 minutes; why do you need something better?
  • 那么,你知道,你在12分钟之内赢得了这场战争,为什么你需要更好的东西?
  • But I think when you guys start buying tickets and flying sub-orbital flights to space, very soon --
  • 但我认为当你们开始卖票,开始亚轨道飞行,通往太空,很快--
  • wait a minute, what's happening here, we'll have military fighters with sub-orbital capability, and I think very soon this.
  • 稍等,这里发生了什么,我们将拥有军事战斗机,这些战斗机拥有沿亚轨道飞行的能力,我认为这很快就会发生。
  • But the interesting thing about it is the commercial guys are going to go first.
  • 但有趣的是,商业飞行器现具有这种能力。
  • OK, I look forward to a new "capitalist's space race," let's call it.
  • 好,我期待一场新的资本主义太空竞赛,让我们呼唤它。


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演讲简介
在这篇热情洋溢的演讲中,传奇的宇宙飞船设计者伯特·鲁坦鞭笞美国停滞政府资助的空间探索项目,并呼吁企业家重拾这个美国国家宇航局中断的项目。


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minutes ['minits]

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n. 会议记录,(复数)分钟

 
inspire [in'spair]

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vt. 影响,使 ... 感动,激发,煽动
v

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military ['militəri]

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adj. 军事的
n. 军队

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performance [pə'fɔ:məns]

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n. 表演,表现; 履行,实行
n. 性能,本

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capability [.keipə'biliti]

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n. 能力,才能,性能,容量

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commercial [kə'mə:ʃəl]

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adj. 商业的
n. 商业广告

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competition [kɔmpi'tiʃən]

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n. 比赛,竞争,竞赛

 
inspired [in'spaiəd]

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