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And are we alone?.
二是我們是否唯一。
Those 2 deep questions drive us all through our whole lives.
這兩個(gè)深刻問(wèn)題伴隨著我們的整個(gè)生命。
And to answer those 2 questions.
要回答這兩個(gè)問(wèn)題。
we have to continue to explore outer space.
我們就需要持續(xù)對(duì)外太空的探索。
When I was in school, I had a remarkable professor Carl Sagan.
我上學(xué)時(shí) 有一位很不尋常的教授叫卡爾?薩根。
He spoke often about, I did, yeah, I did.
他經(jīng)常說(shuō)… 真的 我上過(guò)他的課。
Just look everybody. I was just some guy in the black little room. I was not....
我當(dāng)時(shí)只是教室后排一個(gè)不起眼的學(xué)生。
Anyway, Carl Sagan spoke often about the possibility of life on other worlds.
無(wú)論如何 卡爾?薩根經(jīng)常講其它世界存在生命的可能性。
Well my friends, class of 2014, it's possible that in the next few years.
2014屆畢業(yè)的朋友們 或許過(guò)不了幾年。
the extraordinary will happen.
非凡的事就會(huì)發(fā)生。
It's possible in the next few years, we may discover evidence of life.
或許過(guò)不了幾年 我們就能發(fā)現(xiàn)。
some sort of fossil Martian microbe.
某種化石火星微生物的證據(jù)。
a "Marscrobe" perhaps on that other world.
這就是另一個(gè)世界的生命。
It would utterly change this one.
這會(huì)顛覆我們的世界。
It would change the way each and every one of us thinks of.
這會(huì)改變我們每個(gè)人對(duì)自己。
his or her place in the cosmos, our place in space.
在宇宙中 在太空中處于什么地位的考慮。
We are very hopeful, the Planetary Society, that we're going to send a mission.
我們行星協(xié)會(huì)非常希望能夠發(fā)送探測(cè)器。
to the moon of Jupiter, Europa.
到木衛(wèi)二去。
Which has geysers spewing seawater into outer space.
木衛(wèi)二上有間歇泉 將海水噴射到太空。
What if we found some sort of Europeanion plankton?.
或許我們能夠在木衛(wèi)二上找到浮游生物。
It would change everything
這會(huì)改變一切。
It would change the way each and every one of us thinks about our place in space.
這會(huì)改變我們每個(gè)人對(duì)自己在太空中的定位。
Now when you put a message in a bottle and toss that bottle into the ocean.
當(dāng)你將消息裝進(jìn)瓶子 然后把瓶子扔進(jìn)海里時(shí)。
You might have some vague hope that it will be returned to you some day.
希望雖然渺茫 但你會(huì)希望有人某天會(huì)給你回信。
From someone in some exotic place.
回信可能來(lái)自很遙遠(yuǎn)的異國(guó)。
Like Bak Alhenie, or Yangshan, or Buzzards Bay.
像巴克阿爾赫尼 洋山 或是巴澤茲灣。
