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| August 16, 2020, post by Dave
Santos Pivoting from AWE R&D Failures Wubbo cried as he died prematurely, not for himself, but for us, and this beautiful fragile world. As the first Dutch astronaut, who beat out 8000 contenders, his instinct was to properly complete the Mission of AWE, but cancer betrayed him. The same goes for Corwin, also a top champion who died on the mission. It is left to their peer community to complete the AWE mission for them. It was always expected that most AWE ventures would fail; it is a tough field. And so most are failing. GoogleX's failure was the biggest, and of the hundreds of engineers, not a single one seems still to be in AWE. This is not how champions win. They dust themselves off and get back on the horse as many times as it takes. The Venture Capitalist model has been a dead-end in AWE. The "Right Stuff" in AWE is to pivot, retool, and try again. Every failure is a lesson. Those who bear to fail the most learn the most. Many a winner is the most experienced loser. We must learn from our mistakes and come together as a team. No one will win in AWE without honoring the tremendous setbacks, like losing Wubbo and Corwin. Beware of whoever sees AWE as a money game. Here is a paper about Failure in Science. Some will find it trite, even insulting, as it deals with High School Students. They are wrong. The Wright Bros had many disadvantages, like scant funds and day jobs. They did not even graduate from high school, but had what Wubbo and Corwin did, the Hero's determination and passion that only death can stop. Let's finish what Wubbo and Corwin started. Even Einstein Struggled:
Effects of Learning About Great Scientists’ Struggles on High School Students’ Motivation to Learn Science Xiaodong Lin-Siegler and Janet N. Ahn Teachers College, Columbia University Jondou Chen University of Washington Fu-Fen Anny Fang and Myra Luna-Lucero Teachers College, Columbia University |