彭斯誓言美國將在2024年重獲載人航天能力並重返月球

The US will soon rid itself of its embarrassing and costly reliance on Russian space rockets, vice president Pence has promised, painting an idyllic future where private enterprises will be taking Americans to the moon and beyond.

副總統彭斯表示美國將很快會擺脫花費重金依賴俄羅斯太空火箭的尷尬局面，並暢想未來將會依靠私企將美國人送往月球乃至更遠。

Regretting that US astronauts were 「forced to hitch a ride to space」 ever since NASA"s Space Shuttle program retired in 2011, Mike Pence promised to end America』s somewhat embarrassing reliance on Soyuz rockets. Noting that each seat onboard a Russian capsule costs about $82 million, the vice president proclaimed 「those days are about to be over.」

自NASA的太空梭項目於2011年終結後，美國宇航員就「被迫要搭便車去太空，」麥克彭斯認為這令人遺憾，並宣布要終結這種依賴聯盟號火箭的尷尬舉措，俄羅斯火箭太空艙內的一個座位就要支付8200萬美元，副總統宣布「這種日子一去不復返了。」

「We』re working with the Congress to provide an unprecedented $500 million to move the Lunar Orbital Platform from proposal to production. We』re only a few short years away from launching the gateway"s first building blocks into space, turning science fiction into science fact,」 Pence said.

「我們與國會調撥了史無前例的5億美元使月球軌道站項目從計劃階段進入到生產階段，我們從發射入太空第一塊配件作為敲門磚，使科幻小說變成現實之間只花費了數年時間。」彭斯說道。

The US second-in-command did not forget to stress that the US must also maintain its military 『superiority』 in space to tackle a perceived threat from China and Russia.

這位美國二把手也沒有忘記強調美國必須維持其在太空中的軍事「領先」地位以應對來自中俄的顯著威脅。

Even the private sector now looks to Russian technology. United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, relies on Russian rocket engines for their Atlas launchers. Moscow has threatened to embargo the delivery of these in retaliation against the newest US-imposed sanctions.

即使是私營公司現在也盯上了俄羅斯技術，聯合發射公司這個洛克希德馬丁與波音的合資企業，其使用的Atlas火箭的發動機也離不開俄羅斯。在最新的美國強化制裁到來之際莫斯科也威脅停止供貨以做出反擊。

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Mindthegap

Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.

Pence pipe dreamer. LOL

不是因為容易，而是因為太難。

彭斯不切實際啊哈哈

Vaf21m

A new moon landing movie is on the way.

一部新的登月電影上線中。

—peshka

Massive amounts of GGI this time and no Stanley Kubrick...

any guesses who will direct this one? I"d say it"d be (((Steven Spielberg)))

這次會有大量的CG還有別用斯坦利·庫布里克...

猜猜誰會是導演？我估計是（史蒂文 斯皮爾伯格）

Spirgily_Klump

Not with diversity.

毫無新意

Pleasesure1m

Maybe he is talking about a different moon............. Paper Moon......kind of like the Dollar..

可能他說的月亮不一樣......紙月亮吧......有些像是美元那種..

Yuri Ivanovich

Reconquer...I"m sure he means re-invade and occupy and build military bases.

重返...我確定他的意思是重新入侵和佔領並建立軍事基地吧。

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