神秘的月球 第16期

 　　I think you always start with kind of a thought experiment

　　首先你当然会想…

　　what would it be like to go to the moon?

　　去月球

　　Or what would it be like to live on the moon.

　　或住在月球上会是什么感觉？

　　What would it be like to li, work on the moon.

　　在月球上工作会是什么感觉？

　　And then you take it to paper, then you start making drawings,

　　接下来把你的想法变成白纸黑字

　　and then you take it to the next step,

　　再来就是画成草图，一步步地做下去

　　and eventually you get to a life sized prototype

　　最后就是制造实物大小的原型

　　and you try to make things more and more realistic as time goes on,

　　随着计划的进展，情境会越来越逼真

　　that, so you can flesh out the problems

　　好实质呈现登月时

　　that you need to address in order to get there.

　　可能出现的问题

　　So the more realism you can introduce the more of your homework

　　所以营造的情境越逼真

　　you can do ahead of time to make sure

　　就越可能做好充分的准备

　　that the mission is successful.

　　以确保任务成功

　　And as they trundle around practicing being on the moon,

　　他们在沙漠模拟登月时

　　they can't help but dream.

　　忍不住放任想像力驰骋

　　Well people on the moon would be involved in using resources er

　　人类上了月球后

　　to start manufacturing,

　　要就地取材从事生产

　　first of all they want to manufacture

　　他们首先要制造的是

　　as much of their own raw,

　　建材和其他必需品

　　er building materials and other things that they need.

　　建材和其他必需品

　　Anything they manufacture there would be cheaper

　　任何东西在月球生产

　　than it is to bring up from earth's surface.

　　都比从地球带去便宜

　　They could also if, you know,

　　要是人类

　　if Mars were to start a settlement on Mars,

　　在火星上定居

　　the moon and Mars could trade and

　　可以和月球互通有无

　　they'd be much more viabletogether than either one separately.

　　这样绝对比各自为政实际

　　But there's a problem.

　　但是有个问题

　　They don't actually have a spaceship.

　　他们并没有太空船

　　Or any money.

　　也没有钱

　　But their optimism is unquenchable.

　　但他们还是很乐观

　　It's when people move to the moon.

　　人类终将要搬到月球去住

　　It's not, it's an eventuality.

　　这不是可能会发生的事，而是一定会发生

　　It's not something that going, probably going to happen,

　　但也有些人

　　or might happen it's will, it will happen.

　　不像月球协会

　　Others are less ambitious than the Moon Society.

　　那么有企图心

　　For some, the moon represents

　　对某些人而言

　　a straightforward² commercial opportunity.

　　月球代表了商机

　　We started off as a group of engineers and space enthusiasts³,

　　我们是一群因网路而结缘的

　　got together online and posed ourselves the challenge of

　　工程师和太空爱好者

　　what is the lowest cost but commercially viable¹ lunar mission

　　我们想构思成本最低

　　that we could come up with.

　　但仍具有商业可行性的登月计划

　　We came up with the Trailblazer mission.

　　于是提出了“先锋任务”

　　Unlike the Moon Society,

　　不同于月球协会

　　Trailblazer have at least found a rocket to take them to the moon.

　　先锋任务至少找到了一具带他们去月球的火箭

　　Although not an entirely⁴ conventional one.

　　不过这具火箭有点离经叛道

　　The er launch vehicle is a converted SS 18 Satan ICBM.

　　我们的发射载具是改装过的SS18撒旦洲际飞弹

　　That's a cold war nuclear missile.

　　那是冷战时期的核子飞弹

　　They essentially⁵ take the missile out of the launch silo,

　　他们把飞弹拿出来

　　remove the warhead,

　　移除弹头

　　recondition the payload bay to accommodate commercial payloads.

　　改装酬载舱，以容纳商业酬载

　　But those commercial payloads do not include people.

　　但这些商业酬载不包括人类

　　Instead the converted missile will deliver much cheaper

　　改装过的飞弹要把较廉价、轻便的东西

　　and lighter⁶ items to the surface of the moon.

　　运到月球表面

　　This is a line of cosmetics⁷ this is actually a lipstick⁸

　　这是一套彩妆品，是一支口红

　　you can see the obvious space theme.

　　其太空主题一望即知

1 viable   

adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的

参考例句：

• The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
• The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。

2 straightforward   

adj.正直的，坦率的；易懂的，简单的

参考例句：

• A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
• I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。

3 enthusiasts   

n.热心人，热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册

4 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

5 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

6 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

7 cosmetics   

n.化妆品

参考例句：

• We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
• Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

8 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。