Sir Richard had originally hoped the first commercial spacecraft, SpaceShip Two, would take off as early as 2007.

理查德爵士原本希望首个商业飞船，即太空飞船二号，早在2007年将可以发射起飞。

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It takes a spaceship about eight months to reach Mars from the earth when the two planets are closest to each other.

火星和地球距离最近时，宇宙飞船从地球到达火星要大约8个月的时间。

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And just for good measure, they added two spaceship sounds: rising and gently descending.

仅是为了增添音响效果，他们还增加了宇宙飞船的两种声响：上升和缓缓下降时的噪音。

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Story number two,just like story number one, the spaceship takes off,and about 15 minutes later, it explodes in a horrible accident and everybody on the spaceship, including your friend,is killed.

第二个故事和第一个故事一样，飞船起飞，十五分钟后，它在可怕的事故中爆炸，船上所有人包括你的朋友都死了。

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SpaceShip Two will use its hybrid rocket motor to propel itself into space.

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