我们对SpaceX的未来给予很大的期望

我们对SpaceX的未来给予很大的期望

SpaceX’s reusable rocket technology is the cornerstone of its business. By landing rocket stages and using them over and over again, the company saves money and time in between launch attempts. Now, the company has set a new record that truly reveals how fast its hardware has matured, even when compared to the likes of NASA.

SpaceX的可重复使用火箭技术是其业务的基石。通过着陆火箭和一次又一次地使用它们，该公司在两次发射尝试之间节省了资金和时间。现在，该公司创下了一项新纪录，真正展示了其硬件的成熟速度，即使与NASA之类的公司相比也是如此。

When SpaceX launched its latest Starlink mission earlier this week it did so using the Falcon 9 booster designated B1049. The booster successfully propelled its payload into space before landing on a SpaceX drone ship.

本周早些时候，SpaceX公司使用了名为B1049的猎鹰9号助推器发射了最新的Starlink任务。考助推器成功地将其有效载荷推进太空，然后降落在SpaceX无人机飞船上。

What makes it such a remarkable event is that it was the fifth time that same booster had been used, and it reached that milestone faster than any other similar spacecraft in history.

它之所以如此引人注目，是因为它是第五次使用同样的助推器，而且它比历史上任何其他类似的航天器都更快地达到了这个里程碑。

As Teslarati reports, the milestone means that SpaceX’s trusty Falcon 9 booster reached the five-launch milestone months ahead of the various Space Shuttles, which were its only real competition.

正如Teslarati所报道的，这一里程碑意味着SpaceX可靠的“猎鹰9号”助推器比各种航天飞机提前数月完成了5次发射。

Historically, rocket boosters tend to be disposed of or recycled after use. It just made sense to do things that way when space agencies didn’t have the capacity to recover and refurbish them. SpaceX spent the time perfecting its technique, losing many rockets in the process, but now it regularly recovers its boosters and reuses them frequently.

从历史上看，火箭助推器往往在使用后被丢弃或回收。当航天机构没有能力修复和翻新它们时，这样做是有意义的。SpaceX花了很多时间来完善自己的技术，在这个过程中失去了很多火箭，但现在它会定期回收助推器，并经常重复使用它们。

The company has even managed to save even more money and shortening the turnaround time between launches. It’s still working on streamlining its technique in this regard, and as it improves its efforts the success rate should continue to grow.

该公司甚至还设法节省了更多的资金，并缩短了发射之间的周转时间。在这方面，它仍在精简它的技术，随着努力的提高，成功率应该会继续增长。

Elon Musk is a polarizing figure these days. You either love him or you hate him, but no matter your personal feelings you can’t deny that his vision for SpaceX was just about perfect. It filled a need and lowered the barrier to entry for space launches, allowing scientific groups and institutions to conduct research at costs that were once impossible.

埃隆·马斯克如今是一个两极分化的人物。你要么爱他，要么恨他，但不管你的个人感受如何，你都不能否认他对SpaceX的愿景近乎完美。它填补了太空发射的需求，降低了进入太空发射的门槛，使科学团体和机构能够以以前不可能的成本进行研究。

That’s not to say that everything is sunshine and roses for the company today. There’s still a lot of work to be done. The good news is that SpaceX has shown itself to be resilient to just about every challenge thrown its way, and we’d expect nothing less of the company in the future.

这并不是说今天公司的一切都是阳光和玫瑰。还有很多工作要做。好消息是SpaceX已经显示出了自己对几乎每一次挑战的韧性，我们对公司未来的期望也不会降低。