美国太空探索技术公司 US private rocket company SpaceX has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the Moon.
美国私人火箭公司太空探索技术公司宣布已有两位公民支付了绕月环游的费用。
The mission is planned for late 2018, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, adding that the tourists "have already paid a significant deposit".
太空探索技术公司首席执行官伊隆•马斯克称,此次太空任务预计于2018年底进行,两名游客已经“支付了巨额保证金”。
"This presents an opportunity for humans to return to deep space for the first time in 45 years," he said.
他说:“这为人类在45年后首次重返外层空间提供了机会。”
The two unnamed people will fly aboard a spaceship which is set for its first unmanned test flight later this year.
两位不具名游客搭乘的宇宙飞船预计于今年晚些时候进行首次无人驾驶试飞。
Mr Musk said the co-operation of America's Nasa space agency had made the plan possible.
马斯克说,美国宇航局的配合使得这一计划成为可能。
He said the two passengers "will travel faster and further into the solar system than any before them".
他表示,这两位乘客“将以比前人更快的速度到达太阳系更远的地方。”
Mr Musk declined to reveal their identities, only saying that they knew each other and that "it's nobody from Hollywood".
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