据这个小组说,到了2024年,我们星球的计算机每年消耗的数据量将可以建造一堆足以到达下一颗星球- 4.37光年之外的半人马座阿尔法星-的书了。
By 2024, say the team, our planet's computers will be getting through enough data every year to build a stack of books as far as the next star, Alpha Centauri, 4.37 light years away.
去年,美国航空航天局利用服役到期的半人马座火箭撞击一个阴影区的月球陨坑,轰出第一个明确的迹象-月球内部充满了水。
Last year, NASA smacked a spent Centaur rocket into a Shadowed lunar crater and blew out the first definite signs that the moon is chock-full of water.
然而,要到达26万亿英里之外的半人马座阿尔法星,携带和储存足够量的反物质难度极大,这种燃料不仅状态不稳定,而且耗资不菲。
However, getting enough antimatter for the 26 trillion-mile, one-way trip to Alpha Centauri and storing such a volatile fuel for long periods is prohibitively expensive and difficult.
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