Dr Weeden is referring to a code name for American optical spy satellites.
Weeden博士参照了美国光学侦察卫星的编号。
He says that the NRO would probably have ordered spare mirrors to replace any that mighthave been destroyed by failed launches.
表示NRO很可能本来准备把这两颗卫星用于替代万一发射失败而摧毁的卫星。
Although the deal has been in the works for a year, it is not yet clear what NASA plans to dowith its new bits of army-surplus kit.
尽管交易已进行一年之久,但还不清楚NASA会如何处置军方剩下的 边角料 。
Indeed, an official told a press conference that the agency might not have the cash to makeimmediate use of both mirrors.
确实,在资讯发布会上,一位官员说NASA并没有足够的资金把两颗卫星立即投入使用。
But they could nevertheless be a boon to an organisation whose budgets are beingsqueezed by federal tight-fistedness as well as cost overruns on the James Webb spacetelescope, an $8.8 billion successor to Hubble.
但是他们说詹姆斯-韦伯太空望远镜的预算能在拮据的联邦政府下艰难地获得通过已经是一件好事,因为这位哈勃望远镜的继任者已远超预算,达到了88亿美元。
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