So what we are doing is relying on commercial capability to get us access to low Earth orbit, to get us to the International Space Station.

所以我们所要做的就是依靠商业功能让我们进入低地球轨道，让我们进入国际空间站。

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They were confined to low-earth orbit, where they did the unglamorous job of launching satellites or ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station.

他们仅限于在近地轨道运行，在那做着发射卫星或运送宇航员到国际空间站这样毫无任何浪漫色彩的工作。

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NASA should stop travelling to the International Space Station in particular and to “low Earth orbit” in general.

国家宇航局尤其要停止飞往国际太空站，一般的“近地轨道”飞行也要停止。

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However, since Ares I is capable only of reaching low Earth orbit and the space station is the only habitable thing in low Earth orbit, Ares I by itself would be a road to nowhere.

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