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Despite the pandemic, 2020 was a landmark year for the commercial space industry. SpaceX became the first company ever to send humans to space aboard a privately owned spacecraft.

The US government continued to work closely with startups and space businesses to put humans back on the Moon.

And, helped by governments declaring them "essential businesses" amid the pandemic, a pack of young space companies kept working to create new rockets or satellite services.

語言點(diǎn)

1. landmark adj. 有重大意義的，里程碑的

2. commercial adj. 商業(yè)的

· commerce n. 商業(yè)

3. privately owned 私有的

· privately owned company / private company 私企

4. closely 密切地

· work closely with sb. 和某人密切合作

5. startup n. 初創(chuàng)企業(yè)

6. space businesses 航空航天企業(yè)

7. put sb/sth back 讓某人或某物回到原來的狀態(tài)

· Our win today put us back into third place in the league.

今天這場(chǎng)比賽的勝利讓我們重回聯(lián)盟第三的位置。

8. essential adj. 重要的(important)

· essence n. 最基本的構(gòu)成要素、條件

· It is essential to speak the local language.

最基本的條件就是要會(huì)說當(dāng)?shù)氐恼Z言。

9. a pack of 一群人，一批人

· a pack of young companies 一批剛剛成立的初創(chuàng)企業(yè)

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