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If you want to watch the next space shuttle take-off, mark your calendar for February 18th, 1988.
想看下一次航天飛機發射升空的話，就將目光鎖定在1988年的2月18日吧。
That is according to NASA's official new 7-year space shuttle schedule announced today.
這是根據美國宇航局今天官方宣布的下一個7年航天飛機計劃表做出的。
NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reports: During the first year, 1988, the agency plans to launch only 5 shuttles,
據美國國家公共電臺記者丹尼爾·茲沃德林報道：7年計劃的第一年，也就是1988年，美國宇航局僅計劃進行5次發射升空，
less than half the number they'd been planning to launch this year until the Challenger accident happened.
這個數目可是連原本計劃的一半都不到，因為發生了挑戰者號的失事。
In 1989, they'll launch 10 shuttles, and then slowly work their way up to 16 flights a year in the early '90s.
1989年，他們將進行10次發射升空，然后在90年代初期慢慢加到每年16次發射升空的量。
By then, the Agency officials said today, they'll have built the new 4th safer shuttle
今天，美國宇航局的幾位工作人員表示，等到90年代初的時候，他們就已經建好了第4個新型航天飛機，其安全性更高。
although they don't know yet exactly where they'll get the money and they'll start building a permanent station.
不過，他們暫時還不知道項目資金從何處獲取以及何時開始建造永久測站。
The new shuttle program looks a lot more sober than the previous one did.
新的7年升空計劃比之前的要理智的多。
No, said NASA administrator James Fletcher, there are no specific plans to send up another teacher or journalist.
美國宇航局局長詹姆斯·弗萊徹表示，不，目前還沒有明確的計劃，暫時還不會搭載教師或記者升空。
Until the Challenger exploded, of course, NASA was holding a widely publicized competition to send a reporter into space.
當然了，在挑戰者號失事之前，美國宇航局一直備受矚目，承受著送記者進入太空的壓力。
There's a lot of opposition from some quarters to flying any so-called civilians in space,
一些人極力反對載人進入太空，
but my bias is, that yes, in time, civilians will be flying again back in space, but certainly not in the first year.
但我偏偏獨樹一幟地認為，人類遲早會再次進入太空的，只是不會那么早地就在1988年實現。
I think we want to let our act together first before we start taking a risk of that sort.
我希望我們能先團結起來，然后再涉險一試。
And as administrative officials have been predicting, the shuttles will carry a much different mix of cargoes than NASA had been planning until the accident.
跟管理人員預測的一致，航天飛行攜帶的載荷會與美國宇航局計劃的非常不同。
The military will be much more prominent than ever before.
美國軍方發揮了前所未有的作用。
For at least the first two years, the Pentagon will fill more than half the shuttle flights with secret Star Wars tests and military communication satellites.
至少在7年計劃的頭兩年里，美國國防部會在半數以上的航天飛行中進行星球大戰系列的秘密測試以及軍用通信衛星的測試。
NASA space exploration projects will get next priority, such as the Hubble Telescope,
美國宇航局包括哈勃望遠鏡在內的空間探索項目將成為下一步的重頭戲，
which will see closer to the edges of the universe than any telescope in the past.
因為其觀測的清晰度更高。
As for commercial business satellites, which were originally supposed to be the financial backbone of the program,
商用衛星本來是空間探索項目的搖錢樹，
most of them will be bumped for lack of space.
但由于空間不足，所以只能擱置大多數商用衛星了。
Under President Reagan's orders, all commercial space cargo launched in the US will eventually have to fly on private industries' own rockets.
根據里根總統發布的總統令，美國發射的商用空間載荷必須要靠私營企業自己的火箭發射升空。
I'm Daniel Zwerdling Washington.
感謝收聽丹尼爾·茲沃德林為您從華盛頓發回的報道。
