【中國國際電視臺】US, Chinese scientists collaborate on historic space experiment
發布日期：2017-06-04 供稿：中國國際電視臺 編輯：楊晶 審核：王征 閱讀次數：
原文標題：US, Chinese scientists collaborate on historic space experiment
原文鏈接：https://america.cgtn.com/2017/05/31/us-chinese-scientists-collaborate-on-historic-space-experiment
Scientists from China and the U.S. will work together on a space experiment on the international space station for the first time.
CGTN’s Sean Callebs reports.
Scientists from the Beijing Institute of Technology are putting the finishing touches on an experiment that will be conducted in the unforgiving environment of space.
It’s work that will help determine whether humans can survive a prolonged journey in space-where astronauts are bombarded with ten times the radiation levels on earth.
“Space radiation could cause harm to the astronauts, especially when they are in space for a long period of time. One of the biggest risks from space flight is gene mutation, we hope to do more research on this and learn how big the risk of gene mutation is for humans in space.”, Deng Yulin of the School of Life Science at BIT said.
Potentially ground-breaking research but Professor Deng, and his team have already made history. Despite the fact, there is a strict U.S. law that prohibits NASA from doing work with China – this will be the first Chinese experiment ever flown on the International Space Station.
“Every day you feel like, hey we might be making a huge discovery today that affects all of humanity”, said Colonel Jack D. Fisher a NASA flight engineer.
The Chinese experiment will be carried to the ISS, on a Space-X rocket privately funded.
It is all legal, and above board, because a private U.S. based company called NanoRacks is handling the payload and works closely with NASA and bills itself as a concierge to the stars.
“We do pride ourselves on being a vehicle that educational entities can come to and go through the system in a less than intimidating fashion, we spend a lot of time making the process as easy and painless as possible for our customers.”, said Mary Murphy an international payloads managers at Nanorocks.
The Beijing Institute of Technology has had its share of challenges. The project is the culmination of two years of work, and negotiations to make sure it’s done legally and within strict U.S. government guidelines.
Scientists from China and the U.S. will work together on a space experiment on the international space station for the first time.
中美兩國科學家將首次在國際空間站合作進行空間實驗
中國國際電視臺，肖恩·卡萊布斯（Sean Callebs ）報道
來自北京理工大學的科學家正在為一項即將在太空惡劣條件下進行的實驗做最后的準備。
該實驗將有助于科學家們確定人類是否可以在輻射水平是地球十倍的太空中生存較長一段時間。
北京理工大學生命學院的鄧玉林教授告訴我們，“太空輻射會損害宇航員身體，尤其當他們長時間處在太空中時。太空飛行最大的危險之一是可能產生基因突變，因此我們希望對此進行更多的研究，并了解在太空中人類基因突變風險的程度。”
雖然還未完成具有潛在突破性的研究，鄧玉林教授和他的團隊已經創造了歷史。盡管美國有法律明確規定禁止美國航空航天局同中國合作，但這次實驗將是在國際空間站首次進行的中國實驗。
美國航空航天局飛行工程師杰克·費雪上校（Jack D. Fisher）說“每天我都感覺，噢今天我們將會有一項影響全人類的發現”。
中國的這項實驗將由私人資助的Space-X火箭運送到國際空間站開展。
中國的實驗是完全合法且公開的，因為一家名為NanoRacks的私人美國公司正在處理有效載荷相關事項，并與美國航空航天局密切合作。該公司稱自己為“星星的看門人”。
Nanorocks的國際有效載荷經理瑪麗墨菲（Mary Murphy）說：“我們十分自豪，因為我們在教育實體交互過程中充當了一個不那么令人生畏的媒介，我們投入了大量時間以確保這一過程對我們的客戶來說能盡可能的簡便。”
與此同時，北京理工大學也面臨著挑戰。該實驗項目是兩年研究工作的頂峰，同時北京理工大學也要進行多方談判以確保該實驗在法律上符合美國政府的嚴格規范。
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