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When the images were transmitted back to earth they had their answer.
影像回傳至地球時，謎底終于揭曉
The far side was actually just the same as the near side.
月球的背面其實和正面沒什么不同
But the lack of surprises didn't matter
結果雖然平淡無奇，但并不打緊
these blurred images made history.
這些模糊的影像開啟歷史的新頁
And the mission consolidated the Russians' lead in the space race.
也鞏固了蘇聯在太空競賽中的領先地位
The Americans weren't keen on second place.
美國人對亞軍寶座興趣缺缺
I guess the American people are alarmed that a foreign country,
我想美國人民擔憂的是外國…尤其是敵對國家
especially an enemy country can do this, it, we fear this.
具備這樣的能力，這讓我們很害怕
Definitely not admire.
絕對令人擔憂
Do you admire the Russians for doing it or not?
你佩服蘇聯人的成就嗎？
No, definitely not,
絕對不會
I said we should have been the first ones to have it.
應該由我們拔得頭籌才對
The Russians had all the headlines,
蘇聯人在媒體上占盡了風頭
but landing a man on the moon was an entirely new challenge.
但是讓人類登陸月球是全新的挑戰
At the time when Kennedy made his famous speech,
甘迺迪發表他那篇著名演說的時候
scientists knew so little about the moon
科學家對月球的了解乏善可陳
that the prospect of sending a human there
所以這篇登月宣言
seemed almost reckless.
聽來幾近蠻勇
Their knowledge of lunar geography was so sketchy
他們對月球地理的了解極其粗略
they didn't know where they could land safely.
連可以在哪里安全著陸都不知道
They didn't even know whether the moon's surface
他們甚至無法斷言，月球表面
was strong enough to support the weight of a space-craft,
是否足以支撐太空船
or even a man.
甚至是一個人的重量
They needed answers quickly.
他們必須快馬加鞭地找出答案
The first step for the Americans
美國人的第一步
was a series of probes called Ranger.
是發射了一系列被稱為“突擊者”的探測器
They carried on board television cameras to take
探測器上裝載著電視攝影機
detailed close up pictures of the lunar surface.
以鉅細靡遺地近距離拍攝月球表面
But it wasn't exactly a sophisticated approach.
他們的做法聽似精密實則不然
The Rangers went in hard,
突擊者探測器像神風特攻隊般地
crashing kamikaze style into the moon's surface,
朝著月球表面猛沖不斷拍攝
furiously filming away until the moment of destruction.
直到撞毀為止
The 4300 images taken by the Ranger probes
突擊者探測器拍到的4300張照片
were the clearest views we'd ever had of our moon.
讓我們看清了月球的真面目
It was now clear it was a harsh and hostile world.
那顯然是個嚴酷、惡劣的世界
But the pictures were vital to prepare for the ultimate goal
但這些照片對達成登月目標而言
the moon landing.
非常重要
It was an epic endeavour no expense was spared.
這是一項史詩壯舉，美國政府一擲千金
At its peak, the moon
登月計劃在到達巔峰時
programme employed more than 400,000 people in America.
曾經在美國雇用了40多萬人
And cost over 25 billion dollars nearly 150 billion in today's money.
耗資超過250億美元，相當于今天的1500億
People were electrified by the race to the moon.
登月競賽讓人們振奮不已
And you know,
我記得
the United States was spending I think it
美國為了這個計劃
was 4.5% of our entire national budget on space
花費了全國預算的4.5%
but um most Americans were 100% in favour of let's push on
但是多數美國民眾都百分之百支持登月計劃
and whatever it costs, let's get to the moon.
只要能登陸月球花再多錢都可以
10, 9...
10、9…
By 1968 NASA was ready for a test run.
1968年，美國航太總署準備展開測試任務
4, 3, 2, 1, zero.
4、3、2、1、0
We have connect, we have, we have lift off.
銜接成功，我們升空了
Lift off at 7:51 am eastern standard time.
升空時間為東部標準時間早上7點51分
Apollo 8 wouldn't actually land on the moon,
阿波羅八號雖然不會登陸月球
but it would go into lunar orbit.
但是會進入月球軌道
Although they weren't going to touch down
雖然這次沒有著陸
this would be the first time
但這是人類首度
that humans had ever visited another world.
造訪別的世界
