尽管新地平线号于2006年发射,但它在2017年夏天前都不会到达冥王星。届时它将开始收集它见到的一切信息。
But after that - once the craft continues on its path away from the Sun - there's not much more it can do.
但那之后,当新地平线号继续它的飞离太阳之旅时,已经再没有太多的事情可做了。
Or is there? Space artist and journalist Jon Lomberg, who was also involved in putting together the Voyager 1 record, has argued that since the craft will still be contactable from Earth, Nasa should fill its memory banks with messages and data from our planet. Just as with Voyager 1, the idea is that in the (unlikely) situation in which an alien species finds the probe, it might be nice to say hello.
或许事实并非如此。由于届时新地平线号仍能够和地球保持联系,太空艺术家和记者乔恩·隆伯格主张美国国家航空航天局应该用来自地球的信息和数据装满飞行器的存储空间。乔恩本人曾参与制作旅行者一号的唱片。和旅行者一号一样,这个主意未必能让外星物种发现探测器,但和它们打个招呼倒是不错。
Last year he launched a petition to make it happen, and launched an independent group ('New Horizons Message Initiative') to collect the message.
去年他发起了一个请愿来实现这个主意,还组织了一个叫做“新地平线信息倡议”的团体来收集消息。
【发照片 做外星人认识的第一个地球人】相关文章:
最新
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15