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But on that night,
但那天晚上
people all over the earth looked up at the night sky
世界各地的人仰望夜空時
and knew that there were two men up there,
都知道月亮上正有兩個人
looking back at them.
回望著他們
I remember the night of the landing and I looked up from the parking lot
我還記得登陸月球的那個晚上，我在停車場抬頭仰望
and there was the moon and you could see the little dark
看到天上的月亮
smudge over on the right side of the moon,
和月球右側的一抹黑影
which is the Sea of Tranquillity.
那就是寧靜海
And you know that there were two men,
而我們知道兩位登月者
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at that time,
阿姆斯壯和艾德林
by that time, trying to sleep in their lunar module
當時正試著在登月小艇中睡覺
on the surface of that smudge that you can see from Houston.
登月小艇就停在遠從休士頓就能看到的那抹黑影上
Over the next 3 years, 5 more missions landed on the moon.
在其后的三年間，陸續完成了五次登月任務
Each one was more ambitious than the last.
每一次都比上一次更有野心
Whereas Armstrong and Aldrin had only taken a few tentative steps
阿姆斯壯和艾德林小心翼翼地
from the lunar module,
在登月小艇附近走了幾步
the astronauts on later missions travelled miles across the surface.
其后任務的太空人在月球表面上長途跋涉好幾里
They spent days at a time on the moon,
他們一口氣在月球上停留好幾天
visiting different locations,
探訪不同區域
collecting samples of rock and soil
收集巖石和土壤樣本
and setting up scientific experiments.
并進行科學實驗
Guess what we just found, I think we found what we came for.
你猜我找到什么？我找到了我們此行的目的--
Rock eh?
結晶巖
Yes sir.
沒錯
But down on earth, with each mission,
但是人們對登月任務的興趣
the public interest was starting to wane.
卻大不如前
By the time it came to Apollo 17 NASA even had to
阿波羅17號升空時
pay the American TV networks to cover the mission.
航太總署還得花錢請美國電視臺報導
By the fourth or fifth time that we had gone to the moon
到了第四、五次時
it was probably was page 2 or 3 news.
登陸月球大概成為第二版或第三版的新聞
You know, it wasn't, it certainly wasn't headline.
不再是頭條
There is...
找到了，你們看…
People were getting bored with going to the moon.
人們開始覺得去月球很無聊
Once you've seen astronauts collect rocks for a few times,
看太空人收集巖石
it ceases to fascinate.
看了幾次之后就沒什么意思了
Going to the moon had been done and there was a feeling
登月任務圓滿成功
that it was now time to do other things.
人們覺得現在該做些別的事情了
There's a state of apathy in the United States now I guess,
美國人越來越冷淡
people just don't care one way or another.
我覺得他們已經不關心了
I'm saying that it's,
我覺得
we are spending too much money on the moon.
我們為登陸月球花了太多錢
I think they could use the time,
他們可以把這些時間
the energy and the money to better advantage here
精力和金錢
in the United States.
用在改善美國國內情況上
There's lots of room for improvement here.
國內進步的空間還很大
Rather than spend all that money exploring space
國內有這么多人在挨餓
when people are starving here,
他們還大手筆地展開太空任務
and that money could be put to very good
不如把錢拿來
use in improving life here.
改善人民的生活
When we finally got there,
我們終于抵達月球后
it turned out our moon didn't harbour life or even water.
發現月球上沒有生物，連水也沒有
It was not the home of the Gods or rampaging herds of bison.
那里不是諸神的宮殿，也沒有橫沖直撞的野牛
