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Hence, the Mars watch. This weights in this watch have been mechanically adjusted so that it runs more slowly. Right?
這就是我的火星手表。這只手表的砝碼用機(jī)械的方法調(diào)整過了，所以它走的相對(duì)慢一些。
And we didn't start out -- I got this watch in 2004 when Spirit and Opportunity, the rovers back then.
但是我們還沒開始--我在2004年得到這只表，當(dāng)機(jī)遇號(hào)和勇氣號(hào)探測(cè)器都到位后。
We didn't start out thinking that we were going to need Mars watches. Right?
我們并沒有想到我們需要一只火星時(shí)間的表。
We thought, OK, we'll just have the time on our computers and on the mission control screens, and that would be enough.
我們想我們僅僅需要在電腦上有個(gè)時(shí)間，還有在任務(wù)監(jiān)控屏幕上顯示時(shí)間，這就夠了。
Yeah, not so much. Because we weren't just working on Mars time, we were actually living on Mars time.
其實(shí)，還不夠。因?yàn)槲覀儾粌H僅要按火星時(shí)間工作，其實(shí)我們是按火星時(shí)間生活。
And we got just instantaneously confused about what time it was.
瞬間我們就把時(shí)間搞混了。
So you really needed something on your wrist to tell you:
所以你需要一些東西在你手腕上：
What time is it on the Earth? What time is it on Mars?
隨時(shí)提醒你在地球上是幾點(diǎn)？在火星上是幾點(diǎn)？
And it wasn't just the time on Mars that was confusing; we also needed to be able to talk to each other about it.
而且，不僅僅是火星的時(shí)間讓我們感到混亂，我們還要在談話中區(qū)別它。
So a "sol" is a Martian day -- again, 24 hours and 40 minutes.
所以一個(gè)“Sol”代表火星的一天，24小時(shí)40分鐘。
So when we're talking about something that's happening on the Earth, we will say, today. So, for Mars, we say, "tosol."
當(dāng)我們談?wù)撛诘厍蛏习l(fā)生的一些事情，我們會(huì)說今天。換成火星的話，我們就說，“Tosol”
Yesterday became "yestersol" for Mars.
“昨天”成為了火星的“yestersol”。
