美国国家航天局正在计划与太阳帆技术的长期支持者“行星学会”一道开发一套类似的系统。
The US space agency has been working on a project with The Planetary Society, a long-time proponent of the technology.
最新消息：美国行星学会(ThePlanetary Society)计划在今秋发射一艘105平方英尺(约10平方米)的太阳帆太空船。
Update: The Planetary Society plans to launch a 105-square-foot solar-sail craft into space this fall.
在最近的美国航天学会上，Borucki解释了，开普勒将会用多久告诉我们适合居住的类似地球的行星是多还是少。
At a recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Borucki explained how long it will be before Kepler can tell us whether habitable, Earth-like planets are common or rare.
例如，这次任务将使工程师们学会如何捕获不合作的目标，这将是未来行星防御的一次好的实践，他补充道。
For instance the mission would teach engineers how to capture an uncooperative target which could be good practice for future planetary defense missions he added.
约翰·格兰特(John Grant)是史密森尼学会的一名行星科学家。
John Grant is a planetary scientist with the Smithsonian Institution.
我们太阳系中的每颗行星都有一种特殊的影响力，我们通过它得以学会某些课程，为此我们在地球上经受考验。
Each planet in our solar system has a particular influence by which certain lessons are to be learned and for which we are tested on Earth.
它有可能是两颗行星，连个业余爱研究者将在《皇家天文学会月报》著文宣布这一成果。
Six Planet Hunters users are listed as co-authors on a forthcoming study announcing the findings in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
但却存在这样一种猜测：国际天文学会的领导者们可能会向压力屈服，并在2009年召开的下一次联合会上另找借口替冥王星恢复行星地位。
But there is a suspicion that the IAU's leaders may cave in to the pressure and find an excuse to reinstate Pluto at the next general meeting, in 2009.
但却存在这样一种猜测：国际天文学会的领导者们可能会向压力屈服，并在2009年召开的下一次联合会上另找借口替冥王星恢复行星地位。
But there is a suspicion that the IAU's leaders may cave in to the pressure and find an excuse to reinstate Pluto at the next general meeting, in 2009.
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