Offering the agency the moon tomorrow—complete with all the flashy new hardware required to get people and materials up there—in exchange for a shuttle-retirement plan today would be a clever ploy.

给宇航局明天的月亮，连同所有将人和材料送上月球所需要的那些新的华而不实的硬件， 以换琅目前的飞船退休计划会是一个很聪明的手段。

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Each time you start a new task it takes time to "warm up", you have to gather all the materials you need and it takes a while before you find a flow.

每次你开始一项新任务之前，你都需要“预热”，你需要整合所有你需要的材料并且在你弄好之前这将会花费你一点时间。

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Cotton fibers in Edwards's lab, located at the agency's Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, are being spun into all kinds of medically promising materials.

坐落在研究所设在新奥尔良南部地区实验中心的爱德华兹实验室里的棉花纤维被织成各种各样的医用替代材料。

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Eliminating halogen compound and brominated flame retardant from the PCBA, the new Spinpoint F4 is produced with eco-friendly materials and meets all the environmental regulations including RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances).

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All the challenges associated with putting solar cells on unconventional materials are avoided with the new process, vastly expanding the potential applications of solar technology.

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Before the vessel could be transported to its new home, it had to be cleared of all military equipment, undergo an inspection for hazardous materials and pass environmental regulations in the United States and the Cayman Islands.

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