亚特兰蒂斯号的结束最后任务
<p>“<span word="Having">Having</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="imagination">imagination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="generation">generation</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="other">other</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="secured">secured</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="shuttle">shuttle</span> <span word="pulls">pulls</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="port">port</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="voyage">voyage</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="end">end</span>.” <span word="So">So</span> <span word="declares">declares</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="narrator">narrator</span> <span word="watching">watching</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Atlantis">Atlantis</span> <span word="shuttle">shuttle</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="dawn">dawn</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="closing">closing</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="NASA">NASA</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="space">space</span>-<span word="shuttle">shuttle</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="thirty">thirty</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p>今天傍晚，随亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机的着陆，美国<span word="NASA">NASA</span>的30年航天计划告一段落。看着亚特兰蒂斯着陆的人这样描述：“结束了一代人的幻想，一艘独一无二的飞船终于最后一次驶回港口，它的旅程结束了，但它将名垂青史。”</p><p><span word="Upon">Upon</span> <span word="touchdown">touchdown</span>, <span word="Chris">Chris</span> <span word="Ferguson">Ferguson</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Atlantis">Atlantis</span> <span word="commander">commander</span>, <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="the">the</span> “<span word="last">last</span> <span word="stop">stop</span>,” <span word="then">then</span> <span word="addressed">addressed</span> <span word="Houston">Houston</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span> <span word="else">else</span> <span word="listening">listening</span>: “<span word="You">You</span> <span word="know">know</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="station">station</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="universe">universe</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emotion">emotion</span> <span word="today">today</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="indisputable">indisputable</span>: <span word="America">America</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="gonna">gonna</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="exploring">exploring</span>.”</p><p>在降落之后，亚特兰蒂斯的船长<span word="Chris">Chris</span> <span word="Ferguson">Ferguson</span>宣布这是最后一次飞行，并且向大家做了讲话：“我们大家都知道，宇宙空间站改变了我们的世界观，也改变了我们的宇宙观。今天的确是感慨万千，但是有一件事情毋庸置疑：那就是美国的探索不会终结。”</p><p><span word="It">It</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="surprising">surprising</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="astronauts">astronauts</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Chris">Chris</span> <span word="Ferguson">Ferguson</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="present">present</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="fetishized">fetishized</span> <span word="nostalgia">nostalgia</span> <span word="item">item</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="glass">glass</span> <span word="Coke">Coke</span> <span word="bottles">bottles</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="don">don</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="bow">bow</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="airplane">airplane</span> <span word="pilots">pilots</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="did">did</span> (<span word="except">except</span>, <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span>, <span word="Sully">Sully</span>), <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Presidents">Presidents</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subjects">subjects</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="derision">derision</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="idolatry">idolatry</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="astronauts">astronauts</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="astronauts">astronauts</span>: <span word="pure">pure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="heroic">heroic</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="that">that</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="rarely">rarely</span> <span word="summoned">summoned</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="childhood">childhood</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fifties">fifties</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="rare">rare</span> <span word="moments">moments</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="unity">unity</span>. <span word="Is">Is</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vastness">vastness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="inspires">inspires</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="childlike">childlike</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wonder">wonder</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="young">young</span>—<span word="of">of</span> <span word="limitlessness">limitlessness</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unknown">unknown</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unknowable">unknowable</span>—<span word="and">and</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="lies">lies</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clouds">clouds</span>?</p>
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