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When we see photographs of starving children, it's hard to say that we should spend billions of dollars on space exploration. But that's just what we should do. Children don't need to be starving, but we do need to explore space.
当我们看到饥饿儿童的照片时,很难说我们应该花费数十亿美元进行太空探索。但这正是我们应该做的。孩子们不需要挨饿,但我们确实需要探索太空。
Right now, we have enough money to feed every person on Earth. Children are starving because of mismanagement of resources and simple human greed.
现在,我们有足够的钱养活地球上的每个人。由于资源管理不善和人类的贪婪,儿童正在挨饿。
Those are problems we can solve right here on earth. That shouldn't stop our need to find out what's beyond our own solar system.
这些问题我们在地球上就能解决。这并不会阻止我们寻找太阳系之外的东西。
We may never make contact with whatever other species there may be out there in space. Even so, there are still two very practical and positive consequences of space exploration.
我们可能永远无法与太空中的其他物种取得联系。即便如此,太空探索仍有两个非常实际和积极的后果。
One is a certainty and the other is a possibility. The certainty is medical research. Yes, we can conduct research here on earth.
一个是确定的,另一个是可能的。可以肯定的是医学研究是的,我们可以在地球上进行研究。
But much of the research done in space, for example, on the effects of gravity on bone marrow, is making a difference in medicine here on Earth.
但很多在太空中进行的研究,例如,重力对骨髓的影响,正在改变地球上的医学。
When we do research in space, we also learn more about space exploration. Also, many of the inventions that were developed for space travel have been adapted to good use on Earth.
当我们在太空做研究的时候,我们也会学到更多关于太空探索的知识。此外,许多为太空旅行而开发的发明已经在地球上得到了很好的利用。
The possible consequence of space exploration is finding another planet human beings can colonize. Overpopulation is a huge problem on our planet.
太空探索的可能结果是找到另一个人类可以殖民的星球。人口过剩是我们星球上的一个大问题。
People are living longer, more healthful lives, and that's a good thing. But it means there are fewer people dying and more people being born.
人们活得更久,更健康,这是件好事。但这意味着死亡的人更少,出生的人更多。
Eventually we'll have less space, fewer resources, and major distribution problems. If we can find another planet to live on, we can relieve the problems of overpopulation on our planet.
最终,我们会有更少的空间,更少的资源,以及主要的分配问题。如果我们能找到另一个星球居住,我们就能缓解我们星球上的人口过剩问题。
It's a tragedy that there are human beings suffering on Earth. However, if we wait until everyone has a perfect life, we will never explore space and that , too, would be a kind of tragedy.
这是一个悲剧,有人类在地球上受苦。然而,如果我们等到每个人都有一个完美的生活,我们将永远不会探索太空,这也将是一种悲剧。