不讓SpaceX專美於前,維珍銀河也要開始幫忙NASA送人上太空了Virgin Galactic Will Work with NASA to Send People to the International Space Station

Virgin Galactic has signed a deal with NASA to train private astronauts and identify potential customers who are interested in spaceflights. It will launch a new “private orbital astronaut readiness program.”

NASA has been trying to increase commercial use of the International Space Station (ISS) by joining forces with enterprises like Virgin Galactic and SpaceX. Under this agreement, Virgin Galactic will find companies or organizations that intend to send people to the space station and will organize transportation to get them up there. It will be responsible for coordination to ensure the success of these trips. The company will also use its suborbital spaceplane for training passengers to get used to the environment in space, such as zero-G and G-force.

友善讓你懂|解說:

維珍集團旗下營運「軌道飛行服務」的維珍銀河(Virgin Galactic),跟NASA(美國國家航空暨太空總署)簽訂了一項協議,將開始協助進行非NASA太空人的訓練,並且尋找潛在對太空航行有興趣的客戶。維珍銀河將推出一項嶄新的「私營軌道太空人培訓計畫」。

一直以來,NASA持續嘗試與維珍銀河、還有SpaceX這類型企業攜手合作,來提升國際太空站(International Space Station,簡稱ISS)的商業應用效益。根據這項協議,維珍銀河會媒合尋找想把人送上太空的公司或機構,並且居中協調安排適當的運輸方式。也將負責整合所有資源,以確保這些太空旅行的行程能夠成功。同時,他們還會用現有的「次軌道太空飛機」來訓練想要進行太空旅行的乘客,習慣例如無重力或重力改變的太空環境。

輕鬆帶著走|學習:

電影中常常聽到主掌美國航太科技研發的NASA,全名為National Aeronautics and Space Administration美國國家航空暨太空總署,除了跟維珍集團的維珍銀河簽訂協議外,之前也已經跟Tesla特斯拉CEO馬斯克(Elon Musk)的SpaceX、還有Amazon亞馬遜CEO 貝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)的Blue Origin展開了合作。

以下是文中與太空旅行有關的單字

  • astronaut (n.) 太空人
  • spaceflight (n.) 太空航行
  • orbit (n.)(天體、衛星等運行的)軌道
  • suborbital (adj.) 次軌道的、亞軌道的。當軌道有部分與大氣層或地表相交,無法在太空中形成完整的一圈,稱為次軌道
  • spaceplane (n.) 太空飛機,可以飛入太空再返回地表的飛行器,結合了飛機與太空船的特色
  • G-force (n.) 重力,也稱作gravitational force equivalent
  • zero-G (n.) 無重力

例句:

The suborbital spaceplane is incapable of making it to the moon.
次軌道太空飛機無法直接飛到月球

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