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They were inspired by big progress. But look at the progress that's going on after that.
他們被巨大的進步所鼓舞。但看看那之后的進步。
There were a couple of examples here. The military fighters had a -- highest-performance military airplane was the SR71.
這里有兩個例子。軍事戰斗機有一架最高性能的空軍飛機是SR71。
It went a whole life cycle, got too rusty to fly, and was taken out of service.
它走過了整個生命周期，直到銹跡斑斑才停滯飛行，退出服役。
The Concorde doubled the speed for airline travel. It went a whole life cycle without competition, took out of service.
協和式飛機使空軍旅行速度翻倍。它飛過了整個生命周期，沒有遇到任何競爭；然后停飛。
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.
而我們就此卡住，擁有這樣的軍事戰斗機和商業航空旅行，我們回到了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.
但現在出現了一些事情去鼓舞我們的孩子。我是說如果你現在有一個嬰兒，或你有一個10歲的孩子。
What's out there is there's something really interesting going to happen here.
外面正在發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，你就能買張票，然后飛地比最高性能的軍事作戰飛機更高、更快。
It's never happened before. The fact that they have stuck here with this kind of performance has been,
這在之前從未發生過。事實是它們擁有著這種性能的飛行器卻止步不前，
well, you know, you win the war in 12 minutes; why do you need something better?
那么，你知道，你在12分鐘之內贏得了這場戰爭，為什么你需要更好的東西？
But I think when you guys start buying tickets and flying sub-orbital flights to space, very soon --
但我認為當你們開始賣票，開始亞軌道飛行，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，這里發生了什么，我們將擁有軍事戰斗機，這些戰斗機擁有沿亞軌道飛行的能力，我認為這很快就會發生。
But the interesting thing about it is the commercial guys are going to go first.
但有趣的是，商業飛行器現具有這種能力。
OK, I look forward to a new "capitalist's space race," let's call it.
好，我期待一場新的資本主義太空競賽，讓我們呼喚它。
