At the turn of the century,

19世纪末20世纪初

two out of every five men died or are disabled building the skyscrapers of America's new cities.

每五名男性中就有两名为了建设美国现代都市的摩天楼而丧命或致残

Three, two, one. And lift off.

三 二 一 发射

Now the space shuttle is the pinnacle of a new era of American technology.

如今航天飞机是美国科技新纪元的登峰造极之作

1986 is to be the fleet's busiest year.

1986年 是机组最繁忙的一年

The crew of the Challenger shuttle is chosen to represent cross-section of modern America.

被选中的挑战者号机组人员正是现代美国社会的缩影

Different races, backgrounds, professions.

他们来自不同种族 背景 职业

And the idea always was

我们总有这样的想法

"Can we begin to open this up somehow to more people than just highly trained astronauts."

能否让更多人也来参与而不只是受过高度训练的宇航员

The dream of space flight is extending to everyday Americans.

航天梦成了每个美国人都触手可及的梦想

The shuttle is seen as an easy safe route to the final frontier.

这架航天飞机被誉为最为安全便捷的太空飞船

But on January 28, 1986,

但在1986年1月28日

just 73 seconds after it takes off,

起飞后仅仅73秒

Challenger explodes, live on national television.

挑战者号便发生了爆炸 全国直播

You could see that it took the audience a few seconds to realize what they were seeing,

很明显 过了好几秒观众才明白他们眼前发生了什么

because it was so hard to interpret.

因为这真的难以理解

Seven lives lost.

7条生命无一幸免

All of a sudden it was like "How could that have happened?"

悲剧就在眨眼之间发生 这怎么可能

I mean, NASA, the United States,we're like the best in the world at this.

国家航空航天局 我们美国在这一领域领先全球

What happened?

到底发生了什么

Challenger, go with throttle up.

挑战者号全速下坠

It was like a blow to the gut of the nation.

这好似当头一棒

And we do fail at times,

失败在所难免

but the greatest test comes from

但最严峻的考验来自

what happens after you realize and accept the fact that you fail.

你意识到并接受失败之后所作出的选择

Do you go crawl into a corner and never do anything again,

是畏缩不前 从此再也无所作为

or do you get back up,dust yourself off and move forward ?

还是重整旗鼓 从哪里跌倒就从哪里爬起来