With this launcher, called Aldebaran, France is pushing technological limits “perhaps more aggressively” than the United States, says a US Air Force space official and former defence attaché to Paris.

利用这种称为Aldebaran的运载火箭，法国正冲破技术局限，“或许比美国更雄心勃勃”，一位美国空军太空官员及前巴黎防务武官称。

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The two-stage launcher will eventually loft a capsule named Cygnus, which is designed to carry cargo to the space station.

最终这个两阶段发射器会发射一个叫“天鹅”的太空舱，该太空舱用来向空间站运载货物。

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However, the deployment of this kind of space-based electromagnetic launcher is not considered a near-term possibility.

然而，要想在近期内部署这类天基电磁发射装置是不可能的。

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ATK's boosters are already rated to carry humans into space, and the Ariane 5 was originally conceived as an astronaut launcher.

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In 1996 Lockheed won competitions to build a replacement for the space shuttle, an infra-red satellite-warning system and a new rocket-launcher for the American air force.

ECONOMIST: Lockheed Martin