NEWS: Skylon Spaceplane Finally Gets approval.
新闻:摩天航天飞机最后得到批准。
It is hoped Skylon, an unpiloted 'spaceplane', will provide both cheap and reliable access to outer space.
被公布的“太空飞机”天龙有望为外太空之旅提供廉价而可靠的途径。
Skylon will take off from a standard airport runway and travel at more than five times the speed of sound.
“云霄塔”将可以从一个标准机场跑道起飞,然后以高于5倍音速的速度飞行。
The ultimate goal is Skylon, an unpiloted, air-breathing vehicle that takes off and lands on a runway, and can travel beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Skylon的终极目标是:无人驾驶,吸气式交通工具,它可以跑道上起飞与降落,能够到达地球大气之上去旅行。
This, he says, is where Skylon leaves NASA crafts or the European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariane five rocket, in its wake as they need expensive, disposable rockets to propel them into orbit.
他说,这是天龙和NASA航天飞机以及欧洲航天局(ESA)Ariana5号火箭的不同之处。因为他们认识到,NASA和ESA的做法需要昂贵的一次性火箭才能将航天器送入轨道。
The project is far enough along that last month the British space agency hosted a workshop to introduce Skylon to engineers and managers from the United States, Japan, Russia, Europe and elsewhere.
该项目进行得不错,上个月,英国太空署举办了一场研讨会,将Skylon介绍给来自美国,日本,俄罗斯,欧洲以及其它地方的工程师和管理人员。
The project is far enough along that last month the British space agency hosted a workshop to introduce Skylon to engineers and managers from the United States, Japan, Russia, Europe and elsewhere.
该项目进行得不错,上个月,英国太空署举办了一场研讨会,将Skylon介绍给来自美国,日本,俄罗斯,欧洲以及其它地方的工程师和管理人员。
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