I can think of one great example of this. Charles Lindbergh won the Pulitzer prize in 1954 for his Spirit of St. Louis autobiography. He worked on it for 15 years and refused to use a ghost writer, and the result was a masterpiece. Between his poetic writing style and the mountains of fascinating details leading up to…
…descriptive words of man — where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same instant." [1] The Spirit of St Louis, Charles Lindbergh, 1953
…words of man — where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same instant. " [1] 'The Spirit of St Louis,' Charles A. Lindbergh, 1953
Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis had the main fuel tank directly in front of him. This was in spite of his primal fear of being burned alive. In some airplanes you sit on the fuel tank.
Hasn’t this been validated for hundreds of years? The Story of Longitude is a great read. Harrison spent decades working on the problem. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book) The Spirit of St. Louis crossing the Atlantic was for a prize, and I believe an inspiration for the current X-Prize. I don’t think we need “grand challenges” but simply challenges, to help get us to successive breakthroughs.…
…being overloaded by 500 lbs. Crashing overloaded bombers at the end of the runway was a popular way to die in WW2, as they were always deliberately overloading them. Linbergh famously overloaded the Spirit of St Louis and figured his biggest risk of death came from getting the machine off the ground.
我能想到一个绝佳的例子。查尔斯·林德伯格在 1954 年凭借自传《圣路易斯精神号》斩获普利策奖。他为此写了整整 15 年，坚持不用枪手，最终成就了一部杰作。在他诗意盎然的文笔，以及通往……的无数引人入胜的细节之间
I can think of one great example of this. Charles Lindbergh won the Pulitzer prize in 1954 for his Spirit of St. Louis autobiography. He worked on it for 15 years and refused to use a ghost writer, and the result was a masterpiece. Between his poetic writing style and the mountains of fascinating details leading up to…
“……人类的描述性词汇——在此处，危险触碰了永生；在此处，生命与死亡在同一平面交汇；在此处，人超越了人，存在在同一刹那既是至高无上又毫无价值。”[1]《圣路易斯精神号》，查尔斯·林德伯格，1953年
…descriptive words of man — where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same instant." [1] The Spirit of St Louis, Charles Lindbergh, 1953
“……人类的词汇——在此处，危险触碰了永生；在此处，生命与死亡在同一平面交汇；在此处，人超越了人，存在在同一刹那既是至高无上又毫无价值。”[1]《圣路易斯精神号》，查尔斯·A·林德伯格，1953年
…words of man — where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same instant. " [1] 'The Spirit of St Louis,' Charles A. Lindbergh, 1953
林德伯格的“圣路易斯精神号”的主油箱就在他正前方。尽管他打心底里恐惧被活活烧死，还是这么设计了。而在有些飞机里，你甚至就坐在油箱上。
Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis had the main fuel tank directly in front of him. This was in spite of his primal fear of being burned alive. In some airplanes you sit on the fuel tank.
这不都已经被验证了几百年了吗？《经度》是一本极棒的读物，哈里森花了几十年死磕这个问题。https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book) “圣路易斯精神号”飞越大西洋也是为了赢取奖金，而且我认为它就是如今 X-Prize 的灵感来源。我觉得我们不需要什么“宏大挑战”，只要普通挑战就足够推动我们实现连续的突破了。……
Hasn’t this been validated for hundreds of years? The Story of Longitude is a great read. Harrison spent decades working on the problem. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book) The Spirit of St. Louis crossing the Atlantic was for a prize, and I believe an inspiration for the current X-Prize. I don’t think we need “grand challenges” but simply challenges, to help get us to successive breakthroughs.…
……超载了 500 磅。在二战期间，超载轰炸机在跑道尽头坠毁是一种很普遍的送命方式，因为他们总是故意超载。林德伯格当年驾驶“圣路易斯精神号”著名的超载起飞，他也认为自己最大的送命风险就是把这架机器拉离地面。
…being overloaded by 500 lbs. Crashing overloaded bombers at the end of the runway was a popular way to die in WW2, as they were always deliberately overloading them. Linbergh famously overloaded the Spirit of St Louis and figured his biggest risk of death came from getting the machine off the ground.