纪录片《火星任务》 第46期 过山车

I feel like a fisherman who's caught a whale

我好像就是钓到鲸鱼的渔夫

and I just don't know...

我不知道

Can I do this? Am I up for this?

我能行吗 我能够胜任吗

The huge distance between Earth and Mars

地球与火星之间的遥远距离

means that once the team has sent the instruction to land,

意味着一旦团队下达了着陆指令

there will be no going back.

就再无回头之路

The spacecraft has reached

好奇号已到达

entry interface¹ and things are nominal².

指定进入点 一切正常

Any message they send to Curiosity

下达给好奇号的任何指令

takes 14 minutes to get there,

在14分钟后才能抵达

so for the final stages

所以在着陆的最后阶段

the Rover will be on its own.

好奇号只能依靠自己

For them the landing will be like

对于他们而言 着陆过程就像是

the longest roller coaster ride they've ever taken.

他们所坐过的最漫长的过山车

Stand by for parachute deploy³.

等待降落伞打开

Effectively they make their bet and they say, "OK, go,"

实际上 他们赌上一切 说"开始"

and it's hands off and the actual landing itself

之后便放手 好奇号将独自着陆

going through the atmosphere...

独自穿越大气层

Confirming that we have parachute deploy.

降落伞确认打开

Jettisoning⁴ hardware...

丢弃飞行器零件

Heat shield has been jettisoned⁵.

防热罩已被丢弃

Firing thrusters...

点燃反推器

Powered flight has begun.

开始动力飞行

That all has to happen autonomously⁶ by the vehicle,

好奇号必须自动执行这些步骤

which is actually harder for people, I think.

人工操控可能难度更大

1 interface   

n.接合部位，分界面；v.(使)互相联系

参考例句：

• My computer has a network interface,which allows me to get to other computers.我的计算机有网络接口可以与其它计算机连在一起。
• This program has perspicuous interface and extensive application. 该程序界面明了，适用范围广。

2 nominal   

adj.名义上的；(金额、租金)微不足道的

参考例句：

• The king was only the nominal head of the state. 国王只是这个国家名义上的元首。
• The charge of the box lunch was nominal.午餐盒饭收费很少。

3 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

4 jettisoning   

v.抛弃，丢弃( jettison的现在分词 )；投下

参考例句：

5 jettisoned   

v.抛弃，丢弃( jettison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was jettisoned as team coach after the defeat. 他因这次失败被撤销了运动队教练职务。
• They jettisoned big boxes to make the bus lighter. 他们抛弃公共汽车上的货物，使车减轻重量。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 autonomously   

adv. 自律地，自治地

参考例句：

• To learn autonomously in the network environment is totally new to students. 基于网络环境下的自主学习对学生来说，是一种全新的学习方式。
• The QC-RS can operate autonomously or by remote control. QC-RS能实现自动操作或通过遥控来操作。