Witnessing the Take Off:

　　Standing close to the Space Shuttle　5　home one unforgettable point—the Shuttle is the height of a 15-story building—it　6　4. 5 million pounds—and NASA is trying to lift it 200 miles off the ground. On TV the accomplishments look so much　7　, so much easier. Crowds of people are standing around with you to watch the Shuttle go. The countdown begins through the small　8　of hundreds of portable radios all tuned to the NASA station. It’s enough to get your heart beating　9　.

　　When time is up, the side booster rockets are lit up and the eight explosive bolts　10　. The first things you see are large white　11　clouds exploding away. Through the steam, you see the fire power. Then the Space Shuttle begins to inch off the pad and climb its way　12　. Thousands upon millions of pounds of　13　can hardly lift the shuttle at all. But with ever increasing ease, the shuttle picks up and roars into the sky, headed into space attaining a　14　of over 17, 000 mph.

　　It is within the first two minutes to launch the Space Shuttle that the great success lesson is　15　. Fact: 85% of the shuttle’s fuel is consumed within the first 2 minutes just to get the 15-story super structure to its orbital　16　.

　　And that’s exactly how success　17　: The first steps you take towards launching a successful career are the　18　and will require an enormous consumption of energy—a great big push. However, 　19　you persist through the launch period, which can seem almost　20　for quite some time, everything gets easier and easier and your results get bigger and bigger.

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