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American astronauts will not return to the moon as planned if U.S. Congress passes President Obama's proposed budget.
如果美國國會通過奧巴馬總統(tǒng)提出的預(yù)算，美國宇航員將不會按計劃重返月球。
Obama's budget-which aims to cut funding in certain areas while increasing money used to create jobs-would cancel NASA's Constellation Programme.
奧巴馬的預(yù)算方案——旨在削減某些領(lǐng)域的資金，同時增加用于促進就業(yè)的資金——將會取消NASA的星座計劃。
The programme had sought to send astronauts back to the moon by 2020.
該計劃曾試圖在2020年前再次將宇航員送上月球。
NASA's programme also intended to study the idea of establishing a moon colony.
NASA的計劃也旨在研究建立一個月球殖民地的想法。
The programme was set to follow the U.S. space agency's shuttle missions, which are due to end in September.
該計劃原本應(yīng)在美國宇航局的航天飛機任務(wù)之后進行的，該任務(wù)將于9月結(jié)束。
On its website, the White House Budget Office says the programme to send astronauts to the moon is behind schedule, over budget and overall less important than other space investments.
白宮預(yù)算辦公室(White House Budget Office)在其網(wǎng)站上表示，將宇航員送上月球的計劃未提上日程，超出了預(yù)算，總體上也不如其他太空投資重要。
"Using a broad range of criteria, an independent review panel determined that even if fully funded,
該網(wǎng)站表示:“根據(jù)一系列的標準，獨立審查小組認定，即使NASA的項目得到了充分的資金支持，
NASA's programme to repeat many of the achievements of the Apollo era 50 years later, was the least attractive approach to space expiration as compared to potential alternatives," the site says.
在50年之后重復(fù)阿波羅時代的許多成就，與潛在的替代方案相比，也是最沒有吸引力的方法。”
