In early space programs, such as the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, and in the Space Shuttle missions today, scientists developed objects for the astronauts to use on the moon and in space.

从20世纪60年代和70年代的阿波罗计划等早期太空计划，航天员研发了在月球上和太空中使用的物品。

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They would be built from shuttle booster rockets, fuel tanks and main engines, as well as moon rocket engines.

新型运载火箭将由飞船助推火箭、燃料箱、主发动机以及月球火箭发动机组成。

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What was true as the Apollo missions headed off for the moon is all the more so now, as the last space shuttle prepares for landing.

这个口号是真实的，当“阿波罗计划”成功登月时，更何况现在，因为最近的航天飞机准备着陆了。

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Some shuttle workers had hoped to get jobs developing a rocket and capsule to take astronauts back to the Moon by 2020.

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In 2004, President George W Bush instigated ambitious plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020, necessitating the replacement of the shuttle by a new space vehicle.

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