Engineering professors at McGill University have constructed a new type of wheel, designed for the moon but inspired by the humble beanbag chair.

麦吉尔大学的工程学教授们建造出了一种新型车轮，为月球而设计，却是受到简陋豆袋椅的启发。

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To lighten the load, NASA's newest lunar probes will take an indirect route to the moon, via a type of celestial way station where the sun's gravity and Earth's gravity balances out.

为了能减轻装载，美国宇航局最新的月球探测器将间接的飞向月球，通过天文学中的一个停站点，在那里太阳和地球的重力场将相互抵消平衡。

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Panoramic roof systems are a new type of multi-panel moon roof that offer openings above both the front and rear seats.

全景天窗系统是一种新型的多层面板月光车顶，它可为前排和后排座椅都提供敞开式天窗。

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"We looked at autonomous operations of equipment as being the same type of technology that could be used on the moon as well as in a mining application, " said Michele Blubaugh, manager of Intelligence Technology Services at Caterpillar.

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And long-term human settlement will follow at some point, mainly to develop mineral and energy resources available on the Moon, but also to emplace protective systems aimed at avoiding large asteroid impacts of the type we were all recently made aware with that grazing meteor strike in Chelyabinsk and the simultaneous near-miss by big-rock DA14.

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