And to rub salt in the wound, the US had experienced some pretty catastrophic, and public, failures trying to get their own rocket into space.

雪上加霜的是，美国在试图将自己的火箭送入太空时经历了一些相当灾难性的广为人知的失败。

To rub salt in the wounds, according to OECD, that year Mexicans worked on average 2,327 hours, while Americans worked 1,796 hours.

根据经合组织的数据， 在伤口上撒盐， 那一年墨西哥人平均工作 2, 327 小时，而美国人工作 1, 796 小时。