NASA announces two missions to Venus

Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 10:10

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?Nasa has announced that it is sending two new missions to Venus in order to examine the planet's atmosphere and geological features.

美國國家航空航天局(Nasa)宣布將向金星發(fā)射兩項(xiàng)新任務(wù)，以檢測(cè)該行星的大氣和地質(zhì)特征。

Venus??n. /?vi?n?s/金星；太白星

The missions, which have each been awarded $500m (￡352m) in funding, are due to launch between 2028 and 2030.

該項(xiàng)任務(wù)都獲得了5億美元(3.52億英鎊)的資助，計(jì)劃在2028年至2030年間發(fā)射。

Nasa administrator Bill Nelson said the missions would offer the "chance to investigate a planet we haven't been to in more than 30 years".

美國國家航空航天局局長(zhǎng)比爾·納爾遜表示，該任務(wù)將提供“一個(gè)我們有30多年沒有去過的星球的機(jī)會(huì)”。

The last?probe?to visit the planet was the Magellan orbiter in 1990.

上一次探測(cè)該行星是1990年的麥哲倫人造衛(wèi)星。

Magellan /m??ɡel?n/?n. 麥哲倫（葡萄牙航海家）；麥哲倫海峽（在南美洲大陸南端和火地島等島嶼之間，溝通太平洋和大西洋）

probe /pr??b/ ~ (into sth) 盤問；追問；探究??He didn't like the media probing into his past. 他不愿意媒體追問他的過去。

However other vessels have made fly-bys since then.

然而，自那以后，其他船只也進(jìn)行過飛越。

The missions were picked following a?peer-review?process and were chosen based on their potential scientific value and the feasibility of their development plans.

這些任務(wù)是根據(jù)同行審查程序挑選的，是根據(jù)其潛在的科學(xué)價(jià)值和其發(fā)展計(jì)劃的可行性來挑選的。

?peer-review??n.各領(lǐng)域?qū)＜一ハ嘣u(píng)閱，同行評(píng)審；同業(yè)監(jiān)督小組

"These two sister missions both aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world, capable of melting lead?at the surface," Mr Nelson said.

尼爾森表示:“這兩項(xiàng)姊妹任務(wù)都旨在了解金星是如何變成一個(gè)地表可以熔化其表面金屬鉛的地獄般世界?！?/span>

Inferno： n. /?n?f??n??/ 無法控制的大火??a blazing/raging inferno 熊熊的╱烈焰沖天的火海

Lead：這里指的是金屬鉛

Venus is the second planet from the sun and the hottest planet in the solar system with a surface temperature of 500C - hot enough to melt lead. (BBC News)

金星是離太陽第二遠(yuǎn)的行星，也是太陽系中最熱的行星，其表面溫度高達(dá)500攝氏度——高到足以熔化鉛。（BBC）

原文鏈接：http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/06/03/world/250776/nasa-announces-two-missions-venus