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Alan Eustace: I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it
艾倫．尤斯塔斯: 我從平流層跳下，看我怎麼做！
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2014 年 10 月 21 日，艾倫．尤斯塔斯穿上一套特製、重達 227 公斤的太空裝，連接一個氣象探測氣球讓他向上攀升，之後從 42.42 公里的高空中潛入地球，此舉同時打破音障和高空彈跳的紀錄。聽聽他的故事，看看他是怎麼辦到的，以及為什麼要這麼做。
Alan Eustace - Stratospheric explorer
Alan Eustace leapt to Earth from the edge of the stratosphere wearing only a spacesuit, shattering skydiving records and potentially revolutionizing the commercial space industry. Full bio
Alan Eustace leapt to Earth from the edge of the stratosphere wearing only a spacesuit, shattering skydiving records and potentially revolutionizing the commercial space industry. Full bio
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So I grew up in Orlando, Florida.
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我在佛羅里達的奧蘭多長大。
00:16
I was the son of an aerospace engineer.
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身為航太工程師之子，
00:19
I lived and breathed the Apollo program.
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我的生活就是阿波羅計畫。
00:22
We either saw the launches
from our backyard
from our backyard
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我們不是在後院看太空船升空，
00:24
or we saw it by driving
in the hour over to the Cape.
in the hour over to the Cape.
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就是開車一小時到基地去看它。
00:27
I was impressed by, obviously,
space and everything about it,
space and everything about it,
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顯然我對太空和所有相關的事
都印象深刻，
都印象深刻，
00:30
but I was most impressed
by the engineering that went into it.
by the engineering that went into it.
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但我最難忘的是當中的工程學。
00:34
Behind me you see an amazing view,
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大家可以看到我背後的奇景，
00:37
a picture that was taken
from the International Space Station,
from the International Space Station,
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這張照片是在國際太空站上拍的，
00:41
and it shows a portion of our planet
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展現了地球的一部分，
00:43
that's rarely seen and rarely studied
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這一面少有人見，也少有人研究，
00:46
and almost never explored.
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而且幾乎無人探索過。
00:48
That place is called the stratosphere.
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那個地方就稱為平流層。
00:50
If you start on the planet
and you go up and up and up,
and you go up and up and up,
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如果你從地表開始
一路不斷向上爬升，
一路不斷向上爬升，
00:54
it gets colder and colder and colder,
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會變得越來越冷，
00:56
until you reach the beginning
of the stratosphere,
of the stratosphere,
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直到你抵達平流層下端，
00:59
and then an amazing thing happens.
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就會發生一件神奇的事。
01:01
It gets colder at a much slower rate,
and then it starts warming up,
and then it starts warming up,
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變冷的速度慢多了，
然後會開始變暖和，
然後會開始變暖和，
01:05
and then it gets warmer and warmer
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變得越來越暖，
01:07
until the point where you can
almost survive without any protection,
almost survive without any protection,
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直到你不需任何防護
也能活下來的程度，
也能活下來的程度，
01:12
about zero degrees,
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大概是零度，
01:14
and then you end up
getting colder and colder,
getting colder and colder,
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然後你又會變得越來越冷，
01:17
and that's the top of the stratosphere.
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就到了平流層頂。
01:19
It is one of the least accessible
places on our planet.
places on our planet.
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那是地球上極少人
能前往的地方。
能前往的地方。
01:23
Most often, when it's visited,
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如果有人能到那裡，
01:25
it's by astronauts
who are blazing up at it
who are blazing up at it
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通常都是太空人被發射上去，
01:29
at probably several times
the speed of sound,
the speed of sound,
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大概比音速快幾倍，
01:32
and they get a few seconds on the way up,
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向上經過的時間就幾秒，
01:34
and then they get this blazing
ball of fire coming back in,
ball of fire coming back in,
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然後他們回來的時候
會有一團火球，
會有一團火球，
01:39
on the way back in.
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在回程途中。
01:41
But the question I asked is, is it
possible to linger in the stratosphere?
possible to linger in the stratosphere?
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我想問的是，
有可能在平流層停留嗎？
有可能在平流層停留嗎？
01:45
Is it possible to experience
the stratosphere?
the stratosphere?
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有可能在平流層體驗看看嗎？
01:47
Is it possible to explore
the stratosphere?
the stratosphere?
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有可能在平流層探險嗎？
我打了通電話——
01:54
I studied this using
my favorite search engine
my favorite search engine
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我用最喜歡的搜尋引擎
研究這件事
研究這件事
01:57
for quite a while, about a year,
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持續了一陣子，大概一年，
02:00
and then I made a scary phone call.
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後來我打了一通很嚇人的電話。
02:04
It was a reference from a friend of mine
to call Taber MacCallum
to call Taber MacCallum
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朋友推薦我打給泰伯．麥卡倫，
02:07
from Paragon Space
Development Corporation,
Development Corporation,
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完美太空發展公司的那位，
02:10
and I asked him the question:
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我問他：
02:11
is it possible to build
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有可能建造
02:16
a system to go into the stratosphere?
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能進入平流層的裝置嗎？
02:18
And he said it was.
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他說可以。
02:19
And after a period of about three years,
we proceeded to do just that.
we proceeded to do just that.
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大概有三年的時間，
我們持續朝那個方向努力。
我們持續朝那個方向努力。
02:26
And on October 24 of last year,
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去年 10 月 24 日，
02:29
in this suit,
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我穿上這套服裝，
02:31
I started on the ground,
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從地面開始，
02:33
I went up in a balloon to 135,890 feet --
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乘著氣球向上升 42.42 公里，
02:40
but who's counting?
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管它的，誰去算啊？
02:41
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
02:44
Came back to Earth
at speeds of up to 822 miles an hour.
at speeds of up to 822 miles an hour.
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回到地球的時速高達 1322 公里。
02:49
It was a four-minute
and 27-second descent.
and 27-second descent.
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降落歷經 4 分 27 秒。
02:53
And when I got to 10,000 feet,
I opened a parachute and I landed.
I opened a parachute and I landed.
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剩三公里的時候
我打開降落傘著陸。
我打開降落傘著陸。
02:58
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
03:06
But this is really a science talk,
and it's really an engineering talk,
and it's really an engineering talk,
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但其實這是科學演說，
是工程學演說，
是工程學演說，
03:10
and what was amazing to me
about that experience
about that experience
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對我來說最不可思議的是這實驗
03:12
is that Taber said, yes, I think
we can build a stratospheric suit,
we can build a stratospheric suit,
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如同泰伯所說，沒錯，
我認為我們可以打造平流層服裝，
我認為我們可以打造平流層服裝，
03:17
and more than that, come down tomorrow
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更重要的是，明天過來，
03:19
and let's talk to the team
that formed the core of the group
that formed the core of the group
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我們和這組團隊的核心人物談談，
03:22
that actually built it.
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他們親手打造一切。
03:24
And they did something
which I think is important,
which I think is important,
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他們做了一件我認為很重要的事，
03:28
which is they took
the analogy of scuba diving.
the analogy of scuba diving.
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就是模擬水肺潛水。
03:32
So in scuba diving,
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水肺潛水的時候，
03:33
you have a self-contained system.
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你會有一套獨立完備的系統。
03:35
You have everything
that you could ever need.
that you could ever need.
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你需要用到的一樣也不少：
03:38
You have a scuba tank.
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氣瓶、
03:40
You have a wetsuit.
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溼式防寒衣、
03:43
You have visibility.
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能見度。
03:44
And that scuba is exactly this system,
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那潛水其實就是這套系統，
03:47
and we're going to launch it
into the stratosphere.
into the stratosphere.
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我們打算將它發射到平流層裡。
03:50
Three years later, this is what we have.
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這是我們三年後的成品。
03:54
We've got an amazing suit
that was made by ILC Dover.
that was made by ILC Dover.
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我們得到 ILC 多佛公司
所製的一套驚人服裝。
所製的一套驚人服裝。
03:58
ILC Dover was the company
that made all of the Apollo suits
that made all of the Apollo suits
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ILC 多佛公司製作了
所有阿波羅計畫的太空裝，
所有阿波羅計畫的太空裝，
04:02
and all of the extravehicular
activity suits.
activity suits.
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所有太空行動的服裝
都由他們出產。
都由他們出產。
04:04
They had never sold a suit commercially,
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他們從來沒有在商場上販賣，
04:08
only to the government,
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只賣給政府，
04:09
but they sold one to me,
which I am very grateful for.
which I am very grateful for.
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但是他們賣一套給我，
讓我萬分感激。
讓我萬分感激。
04:13
Up here we have a parachute.
This was all about safety.
This was all about safety.
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我們在上面裝降落傘，
安全是唯一考量。
安全是唯一考量。
04:17
Everyone on the team knew
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每個團隊成員都知道
04:22
that I have a wife
and two small children --
and two small children --
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我有老婆和兩個小孩，
04:24
10 and 15 --
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一個 10 歲，一個 15 歲，
04:27
and I wanted to come back safely.
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我希望平安歸來。
04:29
So there's a main parachute
and a reserve parachute,
and a reserve parachute,
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因此有一個主要降落傘
和一個備用降落傘，
和一個備用降落傘，
04:31
and if I do nothing,
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如果我什麼都沒做的話，
04:33
the reserve parachute is going to open
because of an automatic opening device.
because of an automatic opening device.
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備用降落傘的自動啟用裝置
就會開傘。
就會開傘。
04:38
The suit itself
can protect me from the cold.
can protect me from the cold.
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這套服裝本身可以為我防寒。
04:40
This area in the front here
has thermal protection.
has thermal protection.
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前面這一區有熱防護裝置，
04:43
It will actually heat water
that will wrap around my body.
that will wrap around my body.
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水經加熱後會環繞我全身。
04:46
It has two redundant oxygen tanks.
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還有兩罐多備的氧氣瓶。
04:48
Even if I was to get
a quarter-inch hole in this suit,
a quarter-inch hole in this suit,
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即使我的服裝上有半公分的洞，
04:52
which is extremely unlikely,
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那幾乎不可能發生，
04:54
this system would still protect me
from the low pressure of space.
from the low pressure of space.
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這套裝置還是會保護我
不受到太空低壓傷害。
不受到太空低壓傷害。
04:59
The main advantage of this system
is weight and complexity.
is weight and complexity.
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這套裝置的最大優點
在於重量和複雜度。
在於重量和複雜度。
05:03
So the system weighs about 500 pounds,
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裝置重約 227 公斤，
05:06
and if you compare it to the other attempt
recently to go up in the stratosphere,
recently to go up in the stratosphere,
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如果你拿它和最近
飛進平流層的裝置相比，
飛進平流層的裝置相比，
05:09
they used a capsule.
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他們用的是太空艙。
05:11
And to do a capsule, there's an amazing
amount of complexity that goes into it,
amount of complexity that goes into it,
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太空艙裡面複雜得驚人，
05:15
and it weighed about 3,000 pounds,
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總重約 1360 公斤，
05:17
and to raise 3,000 pounds
to an altitude of 135,000 feet,
to an altitude of 135,000 feet,
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要升起 1360 公斤的東西
到 42 公里高，
到 42 公里高，
05:21
which was my target altitude,
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也就是我的目標高度，
05:23
it would have taken a balloon
that was 45 to 50 million cubic feet.
that was 45 to 50 million cubic feet.
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需要 127 萬到 142 萬
立方公尺的大氣球。
立方公尺的大氣球。
05:30
Because I only weighed
500 pounds in this system,
500 pounds in this system,
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因為我穿這套裝置後
只有 227 公斤，
只有 227 公斤，
05:34
we could do it with a balloon
that was five times smaller than that,
that was five times smaller than that,
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我們只要五分之一大小的
氣球就夠了，
氣球就夠了，
05:37
and that allowed us to use a launch system
that was dramatically simpler
that was dramatically simpler
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而且讓我們需要的發射系統
變得簡易許多，
變得簡易許多，
05:41
than what needs to be done
for a much larger balloon.
for a much larger balloon.
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和發射大氣球相較九牛一毛。
05:45
So with that, I want to take you
to Roswell, New Mexico, on October 24.
to Roswell, New Mexico, on October 24.
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有了設備，我想帶大家回到 10 月 24 日
新墨西哥州的羅斯威爾。
新墨西哥州的羅斯威爾。
05:50
We had an amazing team
that got up in the middle of the night.
that got up in the middle of the night.
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我們這支驚人團隊在半夜起床。
05:53
And here's the suit.
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這是那套服裝。
05:56
Again, this is using the front loader
that you'll see in a second,
that you'll see in a second,
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同樣我們會用到裝載車，
馬上你就會看到，
馬上你就會看到，
05:59
and I want to play you a video
of the actual launch.
of the actual launch.
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我想播放一段實際發射的影片。
06:02
Roswell's a great place
to launch balloons,
to launch balloons,
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羅斯威爾是發射氣球的絕佳地點，
06:04
but it's a fantastic place
to land under a parachute,
to land under a parachute,
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更是降落傘登陸的完美地點，
06:08
especially when you're going to land
70 miles away from the place you started.
70 miles away from the place you started.
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尤其是你要在距離起點
110 公里外的地方降落。
110 公里外的地方降落。
06:13
That's a helium truck in the background.
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後面那台是氦氣卡車。
06:16
It's darkness.
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一片漆黑。
06:17
I've already spent about an hour
and a half pre-breathing.
and a half pre-breathing.
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我已經花一個半小時
做預先呼吸純氧了。
做預先呼吸純氧了。
06:20
And then here you see the suit going on.
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現在大家看到服裝上場。
06:24
It takes about an hour to get the suit on.
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大概要花半小時穿上這套服裝。
06:29
Astronauts get this really nice
air-conditioned van
air-conditioned van
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太空人會有高級空調箱型車載他們
06:33
to go to the launch pad,
but I got a front loader.
but I got a front loader.
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進入發射台，而我有的是裝載車。
06:35
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
06:38
You can see the top.
You can see the balloon up there.
You can see the balloon up there.
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看上面，氣球就在上面。
06:40
That's where the helium is.
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氦氣就在裡面。
06:44
This is Dave clearing the airspace
with the FAA for 15 miles.
with the FAA for 15 miles.
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這是戴夫和聯邦航空總署
正在清空 24 公里的飛行空間。
正在清空 24 公里的飛行空間。
06:52
And there we go.
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要登場了。
06:56
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
06:58
That's me waving with my left hand.
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那是我在揮左手。
06:59
The reason I'm waving with my left hand
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我揮左手
07:02
is because on the right hand
is the emergency cutaway.
is the emergency cutaway.
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是因為右手負責逃生脫離裝置。
07:04
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
07:06
My team forbade me
from using my right hand.
from using my right hand.
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我的團隊禁止我用右手。
07:11
So the trip up is beautiful.
It's kind of like Google Earth in reverse.
It's kind of like Google Earth in reverse.
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往上的旅程很美，
有點像是反向的 Google 地球。
有點像是反向的 Google 地球。
07:14
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
07:17
It took two hours
and seven minutes to go up,
and seven minutes to go up,
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向上花了兩小時又七分鐘，
07:19
and it was the most peaceful
two hours and seven minutes.
two hours and seven minutes.
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是最平和的兩小時又七分鐘。
07:22
I was mostly trying to relax.
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我一直在試著放鬆。
07:25
My heart rate was very low
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我的心跳很慢，
07:27
and I was trying not to use
very much oxygen.
very much oxygen.
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試著不要用太多氧氣。
07:31
You can see how the fields
in the background
in the background
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你可以看到背後的田野
07:34
are relatively big at this point,
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這時候看起來還蠻大的，
07:36
and you can see me going up and up.
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可以看得出來我一路向上。
07:38
It's interesting here,
because if you look,
because if you look,
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這裡很有趣，因為你會看到
07:40
I'm right over the airport,
and I'm probably at 50,000 feet,
and I'm probably at 50,000 feet,
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我就在機場上方，大概 15 公里高，
07:43
but immediately I'm about to go
into a stratospheric wind
into a stratospheric wind
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但是馬上我就要進入平流層風了，
07:46
of over 120 miles an hour.
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時速大約 193 公里。
07:51
This is my flight director telling me
that I had just gone higher
that I had just gone higher
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這是我的飛航指引儀，
顯示我剛超越
顯示我剛超越
07:55
than anybody else
had ever gone in a balloon,
had ever gone in a balloon,
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無人曾用氣球抵達的高度，
07:57
and I was about 4,000 feet from release.
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大概再 1.22 公里我就要釋放了，
08:01
This is what it looks like.
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看起來就像那樣。
08:06
You can see the darkness of space,
the curvature of the Earth,
the curvature of the Earth,
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你可以看到太空的漆黑，
地球的曲線，
地球的曲線，
08:10
the fragile planet below.
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下方脆弱的星球。
08:20
I'm practicing my emergency procedures
mentally right now.
mentally right now.
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我當時正在心裡默練逃生程序，
08:24
If anything goes wrong,
I want to be ready.
I want to be ready.
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如果有什麼意外的話，我想做好準備。
08:26
And the main thing that I want to do here
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這裡我主要想做的事情
08:28
is to have a release and fall
and stay completely stable.
and stay completely stable.
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就是釋放、墜落，完全保持穩定。
08:35
(Video) Ground control. Everyone ready?
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（影片）地面控制。全員預備。
08:43
Five. Four. Three. Two. One.
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五、四、三、二、一。
08:59
Alan Eustace: There's the balloon
going by, fully inflated at this point.
going by, fully inflated at this point.
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尤斯塔斯：氣球從旁邊飛走，
當時已經完全沒有氣了。
當時已經完全沒有氣了。
09:04
And there you can see a drogue parachute,
which I'll demonstrate in just a second,
which I'll demonstrate in just a second,
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那裡有個阻力傘，
我馬上會示範操作，
我馬上會示範操作，
09:08
because that's really important.
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因為那真的很重要。
09:10
There's the balloon
going by a second time.
going by a second time.
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氣球第二次飄過去了。
09:21
Right now, I'm about
at the speed of sound.
at the speed of sound.
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現在我的速度和音速相當。
09:24
There's nothing for me to tell
it's the speed of sound,
it's the speed of sound,
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我無從判斷那是音速，
09:27
and very soon I will actually be
as fast as I ever get,
as fast as I ever get,
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就快到我最高速的時刻了，
09:31
822 miles an hour.
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大約時速 1322 公里。
09:49
(Video) Ground control: We lost the data.
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（影片）地面控制：我們看不見數據了。
09:54
AE: So now I'm down low right now
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尤：現在我向下降，
09:56
and you can basically see
the parachute come out right there.
the parachute come out right there.
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基本上你們可以看到
降落傘從那邊打開。
降落傘從那邊打開。
10:01
At this point, I'm very happy
that there's a parachute out.
that there's a parachute out.
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這個時候，我很高興
有個降落傘打開了。
有個降落傘打開了。
10:05
I thought I was the only one happy,
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我以為我是唯一高興的人，
10:07
but it turns out mission control
was really happy as well.
was really happy as well.
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但任務管制小組都很開心。
10:10
The really nice thing about this
is the moment I opened --
is the moment I opened --
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這一刻最棒的是我打開…
10:13
I had a close of friend of mine,
Blikkies, my parachute guy.
Blikkies, my parachute guy.
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我有個好友李奇斯，
和我一起玩降落傘的夥伴。
和我一起玩降落傘的夥伴。
10:17
He flew in another airplane,
and he actually jumped out
and he actually jumped out
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他從另一台飛機上跳下來，
10:20
and landed right next to me.
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就降落在我旁邊。
10:22
He was my wingman on the descent.
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他是我降落時的得力助手。
10:25
This is my landing, but it's probably more
properly called a crash.
properly called a crash.
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這是我著陸的樣子，
但稱墜地可能比較恰當。
但稱墜地可能比較恰當。
10:30
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
10:35
I hate to admit it, but this wasn't
even close to my worst landing.
even close to my worst landing.
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我很不想承認，但那可以說是
我著陸最差的一次。
我著陸最差的一次。
10:38
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
10:41
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
11:00
(Video) Man: How are you doing?
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（影片）男：還好吧？
11:01
AE: Hi there!
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尤：嗨！
11:07
Yay.
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好耶！
11:08
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
11:10
So I want to tell you one thing
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我想告訴各位一件事情，
11:12
that you might not have seen
in that video,
in that video,
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你們之前可能沒在影片上看到，
11:14
but one of the most critical parts
of the entire thing was the release
of the entire thing was the release
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但整件事最關鍵的部分
就是那個釋放，
就是那個釋放，
11:18
and what happens right after you release.
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還有釋放之後馬上發生的事。
11:21
And what we tried to do was use
something called a drogue parachute,
something called a drogue parachute,
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我們嘗試要用的東西稱為阻力傘，
11:25
and a drogue parachute
was there to stabilize me.
was there to stabilize me.
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阻力傘的功能是讓我保持穩定。
11:28
And I'll show you one of those right now.
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我現在示範給大家看。
11:30
If any of you have ever
gone tandem skydiving,
gone tandem skydiving,
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如果你們有人試過高空跳傘，
11:34
you probably used one of these.
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大概就會用這個。
11:38
But the problem with one of these things
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但帶一個這種傘的問題是
11:40
is right when you release,
you're in zero gravity.
you're in zero gravity.
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你釋放時的重力是零。
11:43
So it's very easy for this
to just turn right around you.
to just turn right around you.
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因此這東西很容易就會繞著你轉，
11:46
And before you know it,
you can be tangled up or spinning,
you can be tangled up or spinning,
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在你發現之前，
可能就已經被纏住或在旋轉了，
可能就已經被纏住或在旋轉了，
11:51
or you can release this drogue late,
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也有可能你太慢釋放這個阻力傘，
11:54
in which case what happens
is you're going down at 800 miles an hour,
is you're going down at 800 miles an hour,
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無論哪種情況你都會
以近 1,300 公里的時速下降，
以近 1,300 公里的時速下降，
11:58
and this thing is going to destroy itself
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這東西就會自行毀壞，
12:00
and not be very useful.
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變得沒有多大用處。
12:03
But the guys at United Parachute
Technologies came up with this idea,
Technologies came up with this idea,
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但是聯合降落傘技術公司
想出一個辦法，
想出一個辦法，
12:07
and it was a roll that looks like that,
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就是用像那樣的滾輪，
12:09
but watch what happens when I pull it out.
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注意看我拉出來之後的樣子。
12:13
It's forming a pipe.
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它會形成一條管子，
12:16
This pipe is so solid
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這條管子很硬，
12:20
that you can take this drogue parachute
and wrap it around,
and wrap it around,
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硬到你可以抓住阻力傘，
然後繞著它轉，
然後繞著它轉，
12:24
and there's no way
it will ever tangle with you.
it will ever tangle with you.
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而且它也不可能會纏住你，
12:27
And that prevented
a very serious potential problem.
a very serious potential problem.
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這可以避免非常嚴重的問題發生。
12:31
So nothing is possible
without an amazing team of people.
without an amazing team of people.
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沒有絕佳團隊就什麼事也辦不成。
12:34
The core of this was about 20 people
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這件事的核心人物大約有 20 位，
12:37
that worked on this for the three years,
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一起合作這個計畫三年，
12:39
and they were incredible.
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他們都非常傑出。
12:40
People asked me what the best part
of this whole thing was,
of this whole thing was,
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大家問我這整件事
最棒的部分是什麼，
最棒的部分是什麼，
12:43
and it was a chance
to work with the best experts
to work with the best experts
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就是有機會和最卓越的專家合作，
12:46
in meteorology and ballooning
and parachute technology
and parachute technology
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無論是在氣象學、
乘氣球飛行和降落傘技術、
乘氣球飛行和降落傘技術、
12:50
and environmental systems
and high altitude medicine.
and high altitude medicine.
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環境系統，還是高海拔醫學的專家。
12:55
It was fantastic. It's an engineer's dream
to work with that group of people.
to work with that group of people.
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真的很不可思議，
和那群人合作是工程師的夢想。
和那群人合作是工程師的夢想。
12:59
And I also at the same time
wanted to thank my friends at Google,
wanted to thank my friends at Google,
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同時我也想要感謝在 Google 的朋友，
13:02
both for supporting me during this effort
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他們在我努力期間支持我、
13:05
and also covering for me
in the times that I was away.
in the times that I was away.
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在我離開的時候代理我的工作。
13:08
But there's one other group
I wanted to thank, and that's my family.
I wanted to thank, and that's my family.
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我還想感謝另一組團隊，
就是我的家人。
就是我的家人。
13:12
Yay.
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耶！
13:13
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
13:19
I would constantly give them speeches
about the safety of technology,
about the safety of technology,
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我之前一直滔滔不絕
跟他們說技術安全的事，
跟他們說技術安全的事，
13:23
and they weren't hearing any of it.
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他們根本不聽。
13:27
It was super hard on them,
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這對他們超難的，
13:28
and the only reason
that my wife put up with it
that my wife put up with it
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我太太能忍受的唯一原因
13:31
was because I came back incredibly happy
after each of the 250 tests,
after each of the 250 tests,
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是因為歷經 250 次測試，
我每次回來心情都非常好，
我每次回來心情都非常好，
13:36
and she didn't want
to take that away from me.
to take that away from me.
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她不想壞了我的好心情。
13:38
So I want to close with a story.
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在結束前我想分享一個故事。
13:40
My daughter Katelyn, my 15-year-old,
she and I were in the car,
she and I were in the car,
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我的女兒凱特琳，15 歲，
她和我在車上，
她和我在車上，
13:45
and we were driving down the road,
and she was sitting there,
and she was sitting there,
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我們在路上開車，她坐在我旁邊，
13:48
and she had this idea, and she goes,
"Dad, I've got this idea."
"Dad, I've got this idea."
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她有個想法就跟我說：
「爸，我有個想法。」
「爸，我有個想法。」
13:52
And so I listened to her idea
and I said, "Katelyn, that's impossible."
and I said, "Katelyn, that's impossible."
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我聽完之後就說：
「凱特琳，這件事不可能。」
「凱特琳，這件事不可能。」
13:57
And she looks at me
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她看著我
13:58
and she goes, "Dad,
after what you just did,
after what you just did,
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說：「爸，在你做了那件事之後，
14:02
how can you call anything impossible?"
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怎麼還會說有什麼事是不可能的？」
14:05
And I laughed, and I said,
"OK, it's not impossible,
"OK, it's not impossible,
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我笑著說：「好啦，不是不可能，
14:09
it's just very, very hard."
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只是非常、非常難。」
14:12
And then I paused for a second,
and I said, "Katelyn,
and I said, "Katelyn,
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我停了一秒之後說：「凱特琳，
14:15
it may not be impossible,
it may not even be very, very hard,
it may not even be very, very hard,
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也許不是不可能，
也許不是非常、非常難，
也許不是非常、非常難，
14:19
it's just that I don't know how to do it."
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只是我不知道要怎麼做而已。」
14:22
Thank you.
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謝謝。
14:23
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alan Eustace - Stratospheric explorerAlan Eustace leapt to Earth from the edge of the stratosphere wearing only a spacesuit, shattering skydiving records and potentially revolutionizing the commercial space industry.
Why you should listen
Two years after Felix Baumgartner jumped from a capsule in the stratosphere for Red Bull, a quiet group led by now-retired Google exec Alan Eustace beat the height record -- without a capsule. (Neither livestreamed nor promoted, the jump record was announced the next day.) In a custom 500-pound spacesuit, Eustace was strapped to a weather balloon, and rose to a height of over 135,000 feet, where he dove to Earth at speeds exceeding 821 mph -- breaking both the sound barrier and previous records for high-altitude jumps.
Leading up to this jump, Eustace and his partners in StratEx had spent years solving a key problem of stratosphere exploration: returning human beings to Earth from the edge of space using minimal life-support systems. In the process, they’ve opened the door to cheaper and safer near-space travel.
Alan Eustace | Speaker | TED.com