【BBC纪录片】月球之谜 第十七期

One of the more popular cargo items is with artists.

This is from a gentleman in Minnesota who has an art gallery.

This is Alchemist and this is Intelligence of Beauty.

These are original artworks.

We also have several customers who have asked us

to carry representative samples of cremated remains

from loved ones to the lunar surface.

The going rate for cargo is $1000 a gram including handling

and packaging and delivery to the lunar surface.

It's not immediately clear what the point is of delivering lipstick

to the surface of the moon.

But if someone's willing to pay, the technology is there to do it.

This is the penetrator that will carry commercial cargo

to the surface of the moon.

Down the middle of the penetrator is a 1 inch,

2 and a half centimetre open cargo space into

which we can load various objects to be carried to

the surface of the moon.

It's carried internally inside the spacecraft

and when the spacecraft impacts at the end of the mission

this will punch through the front

and come to rest about 10 metres into the lunar soil.

This is very much a commercial proposition.

They're even offering to deliver business cards

to the surface of the moon.

Or rather ten metres under the surface.

We have a standard rate for regular sized business cards

one business card just happens to weigh about one gram.

We expect these items to be there practically forever

unless somebody goes up and removes them.

But the big prize is still to get a person back to the moon.

And there is one private sector challenge

to NASA's moon monopoly that mightjust succeed.

Government always plays a big role in getting things started,

but after a while you know the citizenry has to take over.

I mean after all you know the world

and the universe belongs to all of us,

it's notjust inpidual governments.

So I think you're starting to see that now.

Greg Olsen has already been to space,

but he's not an astronaut and he's never worked for NASA.

He's a businessman.

Last year, he paid 20 million dollars for a week

long trip to the International Space Station.

I know with my spaceflight the money I thought

about for 5 minutes and it was a simple yes

or no decision and once I made the decision

I never thought about the money.

Olsen is one of the new breed of explorers

the space tourists who are prepared to

spend millions of dollars to fulfil a lifelong dream.

And now there's a company who aim to make their dreams come true.

They've already sent three people into space

and now they're adding a new destination to their brochure.

It gives me great pleasure to be here today

to talk to you because today is an historic day.

Space Adventures is going to the moon.

艺术家也常托我们运东西

这是一位明尼苏达艺廊老板托我们运的

这张叫“炼金术士”，这张叫 “美丽的知性”

这两张都是原创作品

也有好几位客户要我们

把他们所爱之人的部分骨灰

送到月球表面去

我们的运费是每公克一千美金

包括处理、包装和运到月球表面的费用

运口红到月球表面的动机

让人纳闷

不过只要出得起钱，他们就保证送到目的地

这是把商业货物

送到月球表面的穿透器

穿透器的中央，有一个一吋…

即2.5公分的储物空间

我们可以把要送到月球的东西

塞进去

穿透器装在太空载具里

任务终了载具撞击月球表面时

穿透器会从前端射出

钻入十公尺深的地底

这完全是个在商言商的企划

他们甚至提供了

把名片送到月球表面的服务

严格说来，应该是表面以下十公尺处

我们有一般名片的标准收费

因为一张名片大概有一克重

除非有人去把这些东西移走

否则它们会在月球上待到海枯石烂

但最引人注目的，仍是把人类送回月球上的计划

向来垄断月球的航太总署

如今面对了一个赢面很大的竞争对手

政府在草创初期扮演了重要角色

但迟早会由人民接手

I mean after all you know the world

宇宙

毕竟是属于我们大家的

而不是个别政府的禁脔

这样的改变已经开始出现了

葛瑞格欧森已经去过太空

但他并不是太空人，也从未在航太总署任职过

他是个生意人

去年他花了两千万元

在国际太空站住了一个星期

去太空的费用

我只考虑了五分钟，这是个很简单的是非题

我一旦下定决心

就没有再想过钱的问题

欧森是新一代的探险家

是为了实现毕生梦想

不惜一掷千金的太空观光客

现在出现了一家专门让他们美梦成真的公司

他们已经送了三个人上太空

如今还规划了崭新的行程

我很荣幸今天能到这里跟各位谈

因为今天是个很有历史性的日子

太空冒险公司要去月球了

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