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It's about searching for life in the universe,
這關乎在宇宙之中尋找其他的生命
it's about asking this profound question of whether we're alone,
關乎一個深刻的問題 我們是否孤獨
whether we're all that there is.
是否是僅有的生命
And the only way we can do that,
而唯一的辦法
even in this technological age,
即便在科技發達的今天
is just by stepping out to our nearest neighbour planet,
就是向這個離我們最近的行星
the one next furthest out from the Sun,
太陽系中的第四顆行星邁進
and asking the question there.
并在那里尋求解答
But really,
但是
it's going to tell us this profound reality,
它將為我們揭示最深刻的事實
whether we're alone
我們是孤獨的嗎
or we're not.
或者不是
NASA's Viking mission was hugely ambitious.
美國宇航局的海盜號任務頗具雄心
It was their first ever attempt to land robotic probes
那是他們第一次嘗試將機械火星車
on the surface of Mars.
降落到火星表面
And it was going to search for life itself.
讓它自己尋找生命跡象
It has an arm, so it can extend out into the area around it
它有一只機械臂 所以能探索周圍地面
and pick up sand to bring back to the other laboratories
收集土壤樣本 送到火星車上的儀器中
which are on board the lander.
進行檢測
The Viking landers were equipped with these
海盜號裝備有
state-of-the-art biological laboratories
最為先進的生物檢測設備
and they scooped up soil and analysed it.
它們取出土壤樣本 進行分析
They tried to feed any microbes that would be in the soil
試圖培養土壤中任何可能存在的微生物
and do very sophisticated experiments to detect life.
并進行復雜的實驗來檢測是否有生命存在
重點解釋：
1.searching for 搜尋； 尋找
例句：He searched for work at various stores. 他在各家商店尋找工作。
2.step out 走出去
例句：They stepped out of the sun into the coolness.他們到陰涼處躲避烈日。
3.extend out 伸出
例句：Fruit trees extended out over the fences.果樹枝伸出墻外。
