美国宇航局详细计划在月球上建立基地

美国宇航局详细计划在月球上建立基地

NASA’s plan to return to the moon in 2024 could be in jeopardy due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, the space agency has put forth plans on how it will build a base on the lunar surface.

由于冠状病毒大流行，美国宇航局2024年重返月球的计划可能面临危险。尽管如此，航天局已经提出了如何在月球表面建立基地的计划。

The U.S. space agency released a report on what it will do to set up a base on Earth’s celestial satellite, as part of its Artemis program. The 13-page report notes that astronauts could spend anywhere between seven and 45 days on the surface of the moon, via a mobile habitat that could support up to four astronauts.

美国航天局发布了一份报告，说明作为其Artemis计划的一部分，它将如何在地球的天体卫星上建立一个基地。这份长达13页的报告指出，通过一个可以支持多达4名宇航员的移动栖息地，宇航员可以在月球表面的任何地方停留7到45天。

“After 20 years of continuously living in low-Earth orbit, we’re now ready for the next great challenge of space exploration – the development of a sustained presence on and around the Moon,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine in a statement.

美国航天局局长吉姆布里登斯汀在一份声明中说：“在低地球轨道上连续生活了20年之后，我们现在已经准备好迎接下一个太空探索的巨大挑战——在月球上和月球周围建立持续存在的发展。”。

“For years to come, Artemis will serve as our North Star as we continue to work toward even greater exploration of the Moon, where we will demonstrate key elements needed for the first human mission to Mars.”

“在未来几年里，当我们继续致力于对月球进行更大的探索时，Artemis将成为我们的北极星，在那里我们将展示人类首次火星任务所需的关键元素。”

In mid-March, Bridenstine announced the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility and Stennis Space Center would move to Stage 4. This directive, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, suspended work on the Space Launch System and Orion, the hardware system that will be used to return astronauts to the lunar surface.

3月中旬，Bridenstine宣布该机构的Michoud组装设施和Stennis空间中心将转移到第4阶段。由于冠状病毒的大流行，这项指令暂停了空间发射系统和猎户座的工作，猎户座是将宇航员送回月球表面的硬件系统。

It’s unclear if the coronavirus pandemic would also upend NASA’s other 2020 plans, including the launch of the Perseverance rover, slated to travel to Mars in July 2020.

目前尚不清楚冠状病毒大流行是否也会颠覆美国航天局2020年的其他计划，包括计划于2020年7月前往火星的“Perseverance”号探测器的发射。

“Once these pieces of the Moon to Mars campaign are delivered and operational, annual human missions with increasingly long durations will enhance the exploration and sustainable development of the lunar surface,” NASA wrote in the report.

美国航天局在报告中写道：“一旦这些月球到火星的活动交付并投入使用，持续时间越来越长的年度人类任务，将加强月球表面的探索和可持续发展。”。