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author: a16z
date: '2026-05-06'
guest: ''
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source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cCWrrQp1v4
speaker: a16z
tags:
  - space-exploration
  - lunar-base
  - mars-mission
  - nuclear-propulsion
  - space-economy
title: NASA重返月球、登陆火星及核动力计划：a16z深度访谈
summary: 本期访谈聚焦 NASA 的重返月球与登陆火星计划，以及其在核动力推进领域的投入。NASA 局长 Jared Isaacman 阐述了重返月球的紧迫性，强调了其国家安全及科学经济潜力。他批判了过去太空探索的低效率和高成本，提出通过重建核心能力、标准化火箭（SLS）、增加发射频率、与私营企业紧密合作等方式来加速进程。访谈还深入探讨了核动力在深空探测中的关键作用，以及 NASA 如何通过公私合作推动太空经济发展，并展望了在火星寻找生命的可能性。
insight: ''
draft: true
series: ''
category: tech-trends
area: tech-engineering
project: []
people:
  - Jared Isaacman
companies_orgs:
  - NASA
  - SpaceX
  - Blue Origin
  - OPM
products_models:
  - Artemis 2
  - Artemis 3
  - SLS rocket
  - Orion spacecraft
  - Human Landing System
  - Nuclear power and propulsion
media_books: []
status: evergreen
---
### 重返月球的紧迫性与效率挑战

**Administrator**: 我们将重拾那个习惯，在几个月内发射月球火箭，而不是几年。

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<summary>Original English</summary>

**Administrator**: We
 are
 going
 to
 get
 back
 into
 the
 habit


of
 launching
 moon
 rockets
 in
 months,
 not


years.

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**Interviewer**: 我们为什么必须重返月球？

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Interviewer**: >> Why
 is
 it
 so
 important
 for
 us
 to
 go
 back


to
 the
 moon?

</details>

**Administrator**: 这是一个许下的承诺，也是我们必须兑现的承诺。当我们重返月球时，美国不会在美国的竞争对手占据月球主要地段时袖手旁观。**美国宇航员**将在月球表面建造**特朗普总统**的月球基地，我们将实现地表作业所能提供的科学、经济和国家安全潜力。很多人在我上任之初认为，工业界和政界都不会允许你做你想做的事情。但你知道吗？他们都明白，在美国关于重返月球的35年承诺和投入千亿美元却最终失利之间存在巨大差异，而这绝非没有国家安全影响，你完全错了。

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Administrator**: >> This
 was
 a
 promise
 that
 was
 made
 and
 a


promise
 we
 need
 to
 keep.
 When
 we
 return


to
 the
 moon,
 America
 will
 not
 look
 down


on
 the
 prime
 lunar
 real
 estate
 while
 our


rivals
 occupy
 it.
 NASA
 astronauts
 will


be
 on
 the
 surface
 building
 President


Trump's
 moon
 base
 and
 we
 will
 realize


the
 scientific,
 economic,
 and
 national


security
 potential
 surface
 operations


provide.
 A
 lot
 of
 people
 when
 I
 came
 to


this
 job
 is
 like
 industry
 is
 not
 going


to
 let
 you
 do
 what
 you
 want
 to
 do
 and


the
 politicians
 aren't
 going
 to
 let
 you


do
 what
 you
 want
 to
 do.
 But
 you
 know


what?
 They
 all
 understand
 the
 difference


between
 America
 winning
 and
 losing
 on


the
 moon
 saying
 for
 35
 years
 and
 putting


hundred
 billion
 dollars
 in
 and
 then


coming
 up
 short
 and
 that
 doesn't
 have


national
 security
 implications,
 you're


completely
 mistaken.

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**Administrator**: 很高兴能与这么多企业家、运营者、投资者和政策制定者齐聚一堂，他们正在帮助我们开创**太空探索**的下一个黄金时代。我喜欢与那些不仅仰望星空、憧憬无限可能，而且拥有将想法变为现实的经验和决心的人们在一起。没有任何一个组织比**NASA**更能欣赏这种决心。说到这里，在接下来的几周里，**美国**将派遣英勇的 **Artemis 2** **宇航员**比几代人以来任何人类旅行过的最远距离飞向太空，进行为期10天的绕月飞行任务，测试 **Space Launch System (SLS) 火箭**和 **Orion 飞船**，然后返回地球。现在，**唐纳德·特朗普总统**在他的第一个任期内采取了决定性步骤，建立了 **Artemis**计划。事实上，就在我宣誓就职的那天，他重申了美国对太空优势的承诺，为NASA设定了明确的任务和目标：重返月球，建立基地。所以这次我们是回来就地扎根。得益于《**the Working Families Tax Credit Act**》通过的历史性投资，NASA已获得近100亿美元的支持，以实现这一国家使命。总统签署的这项两党承诺法案为我们提供了资源，让我们能带着目标和紧迫感前进，因为我们知道美国的领导地位在高地——太空——至关重要。所以我们拥有总统的授权，拥有资源，当然也拥有宝贵的历史经验。我们拥有充足的硬件。我们拥有国内和国际合作伙伴。那么，为什么这一切要花费这么长时间？为什么成本这么高？我们该如何解决？这些问题的答案很大程度上是因为我们几十年来缺乏真正的竞争。你知道，在上次太空竞赛之后，我们是唯一的参与者。所以我们与世界各地建立了伙伴关系来传播善意。我们将精力分散在广泛的科学研究上。我们承担了许多“支线任务”项目，其中一些非常酷，但最终却分散了纳税人委托给我们的改变世界的使命。成本高昂是因为我们外包了许多核心能力。行业进行了整合。我们让利益相关者设定优先事项来服务于选民利益，并采纳了旨在让每个人都开心的政策。也许除了美国人民以及全世界那些等待NASA创造的头条新闻的人们之外，让每个人都开心。结果是，我们每三年多才发射一次月球火箭。这是NASA设计的火箭中最糟糕的发射频率。硬件在其交付时已过时。51个核推进项目从未飞行过。旗舰科学和探索任务减少。行星探测减少，宇航员在太空中的人数减少，孩子们在万圣节装扮成宇航员的人数也减少。我不喜欢这样。**特朗普总统**不喜欢这样。显然**特朗普总统**不喜欢，鉴于他在国家太空政策方面试图实现的目标，但他可能认为当没有地缘政治对手能够挑战美国在最重要战略领域时，这一切是可以容忍的。但现在情况并非如此。NASA已声明，我们将在**特朗普总统**任期结束前完成重返月球的国家使命，并建立持久的存在。而我们的竞争对手则宣称在2030年前实现。所以，这不是难算的数学题。我们只有不到一年的优势，而他们可能会提前，如果近期的历史能说明什么，那我们肯定会迟到。**特朗普总统**不喜欢输，如果我在NASA做得好，那就不会发生。我上任的最初几个月都在努力把握挑战和机遇，这通常涉及到确保我们获得的大量资源——NASA的预算每年为250亿美元——集中用于最紧迫的目标，清除不必要的官僚主义，以及任何阻碍进展的障碍，以赋能员工，并确保我们的资本配置经过深思熟虑，能够实现预期结果，并且最好能提前完成。

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Administrator**: It's
 great
 to
 be
 here
 with
 so
 many


entrepreneurs,
 operators,
 investors,
 and


policy
 makers
 who
 are
 helping
 us
 build


the
 next
 golden
 age
 of
 space


exploration.
 I
 love
 being
 around
 the


people
 who
 not
 only
 look
 up
 and
 imagine


what
 is
 possible,
 but
 possess
 the


experiences
 and
 the
 will
 to
 bring
 ideas


into
 reality.
 There
 is
 no
 organization,


I
 can
 tell
 you
 that
 appreciates
 that


kind
 of
 determination
 more
 than
 NASA.
 On


that
 note,
 in
 the
 weeks
 ahead,
 America


will
 send
 the
 brave
 Artemis
 2
 astronauts


potentially
 farther
 into
 space
 than
 any


humans
 have
 ever
 traveled
 in


generations,
 flying
 around
 the
 moon
 on
 a


10-day
 mission
 to
 test
 the
 space
 launch


system
 rocket
 and
 Orion
 spacecraft


before
 returning
 home
 to
 Earth.
 Now,


President
 Donald
 Trump
 took
 the
 decisive


steps
 of
 establishing
 the
 Aremis
 program


during
 his
 first
 term.
 He
 recently,
 in


fact
 was
 the
 day
 that
 I
 was
 uh
 sworn


into
 this
 position,
 reaffirmed
 America's


commitment
 to
 space
 superiority,
 giving


NASA
 clear
 mandate
 and
 a
 focus
 to
 return


to
 the
 moon,
 build
 the
 base.
 So
 this


time
 we
 return
 to
 stay.
 Thanks
 to


historic
 investments
 secured
 in
 the


Working
 Families
 Tax
 Credit
 Act,
 NASA


has
 received
 nearly
 $10
 billion
 in


support
 of
 that
 national
 imperative.
 The


bipartisan
 commitment
 signed
 into
 law
 by


the
 president
 gives
 us
 the
 resources
 to


move
 forward
 with
 purpose
 and
 urgency


knowing
 American
 leadership
 in
 the
 high


ground
 of
 space
 is
 on
 the
 line.
 So
 we


have
 the
 presidential
 mandate,
 we
 have


the
 resources,
 we
 certainly
 have
 the
 the


historic
 experience.
 We
 have
 plenty
 of


hardware
 hardware.
 We
 have
 domestic
 and


international
 partners.
 So
 why
 does
 it


all
 take
 so
 long?
 Why
 does
 it
 cost
 so


much?
 And
 what
 are
 we
 going
 to
 do
 about


it?
 So
 lots
 of
 those
 answers
 are
 because


we
 have
 lacked
 real
 competition
 for


decades.
 You
 know,
 after
 the
 last
 space


race,
 we
 were
 we
 were
 the
 only
 game
 in


town.
 So
 we
 built
 partnerships
 all
 over


the
 world
 to
 to
 to
 spread
 goodwill.
 We


we
 spread
 ourselves
 thin
 with


broad-based
 science.
 We
 took
 on
 lots
 of


side
 quest
 projects,
 some
 of
 which
 are


very
 cool,
 but
 ultimately
 distract
 from


the
 world
 changing
 mission
 that


taxpayers
 have
 entrusted
 us
 with.


It
 costs
 a
 lot
 because
 we
 outsourced
 a


lot
 of
 our
 core
 competencies.
 Industry


consolidated.
 We
 let
 stakeholders
 set


the
 priorities
 to
 serve
 constituent


interests
 and
 adopted
 policies
 in
 the


attempt
 to
 make
 everyone
 happy.
 Maybe


make
 everyone
 happy
 other
 than
 the


American
 people
 and
 really
 people
 all


over
 the
 world
 that
 were
 waiting
 for
 the


headlines
 that
 only
 NASA
 was
 capable
 of


making.
 As
 a
 result,
 you
 get
 moon


rockets
 that
 fly
 only
 every
 3
 plus


years.
 It's
 the
 worst
 cadence
 by
 far
 of


NASA
 designed
 rockets.
 Um
 hardware
 that


is
 obsolete
 by
 the
 time
 it's
 delivered.


51
 nuclear
 propulsion
 programs
 that
 have


never
 flown.
 Less
 uh
 less
 flagship


science
 and
 discovery
 missions.
 Less


explanes,
 less
 astronauts
 in
 space,
 less


kids
 dressing
 up
 as
 astronauts
 for


Halloween.
 I
 don't
 like
 this.
 President


Trump
 doesn't
 like
 it.
 Uh
 clearly


President
 Trump
 doesn't
 like
 it
 and
 his


na
 and
 and
 doesn't
 like
 it
 given
 what


he's
 trying
 to
 accomplish
 in
 national


space
 pol
 policy
 but
 but
 maybe
 this
 was


tolerable
 to
 some
 when
 there
 was
 no


geopolitical
 rivals
 capable
 of


challenging
 America
 in
 the
 most


important
 strategic
 domain.
 But
 that's


not
 the
 case
 anymore.
 Not
 anymore.
 NASA


stated
 we
 will
 achieve
 the
 national


imperative
 to
 return
 uh
 to
 the
 moon
 and


establish
 an
 enduring
 presence
 before


the
 end
 of
 President
 Trump's
 term.
 Now,


our
 rival
 has
 stated
 before
 2030.
 So,


it's
 not
 hard
 math.
 That's
 less
 than
 one


year
 of
 margin,
 and
 they
 might
 be
 early,


and
 if
 recent
 history
 says
 anything,
 we


certainly
 might
 be
 late.
 President
 Trump


does
 not
 like
 to
 lose,
 and
 if
 I'm
 doing


my
 job
 right
 at
 NASA,
 that
 won't
 happen.


I've
 spent
 the
 first
 few
 months
 getting


my
 arms
 around
 the
 challenges
 and
 the


opportunities
 and
 it
 generally
 revolves


around
 ensuring
 that
 the
 extraordinary


resources
 that
 are
 made
 available
 I
 mean


NASA's
 budget
 is
 $25
 billion
 a
 year
 and


concentrating
 them
 on
 the
 most
 pressing


objectives
 uh
 clearing
 out
 needless


bureaucracy
 and
 really
 any
 obstacles


that
 impede
 progress
 to
 empower
 the


workforce
 and
 make
 sure
 our
 capital


allocation
 is
 done
 in
 a
 thoughtful
 way


that
 ensures
 desired
 outcomes
 are


achieved
 and
 ideally
 ahead
 of

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**Administrator**: 为此，我们正在标准化 **SLS 火箭**，将发射频率从几年一次提高到几个月一次。我们将在2027年增加一项新任务，以降低风险并增强2028年**月球着陆**尝试的信心。正如我多次说过的，**Artemis** 是一个计划。我们从SLS开始，但并非止步于此。在阿波罗17号结束之后，将会有几十项任务持续进行，目标是在未来几十年内实现成本可负担、可重复的载人及货运月球表面任务。我们还将停止直接跳入“服务型梦想状态”，而是采取渐进式、演进式的方法，一步一步地建立月球基地。我们将从小型项目和LTV风格的着陆器及漫游车开始。我们将向工业界发出强烈的需求信号，以支持发射、着陆器和漫游车，我们可以为其配备电力、导航、通信、服务、地表改进能力，以及科学和其他能力，通过实验最终为第二阶段基础设施提供信息，并向长期居住迈进。所以，在座的各位，如果你们来向我推销“火星基地作为服务”的梦想状态，而唯一的客户是NASA，成本高达数十亿美元，而且从未实现过，我向你们保证，我们可能不会那么 receptive。我们不会强行建立一个不存在的轨道经济，但我当然可以根据**特朗普总统**的国家太空政策，为我们所需提供需求信号，我们将尽一切努力点燃我们都认为不可避免的**太空经济**。当我们重返月球时，美国不会在美国的竞争对手占据月球主要地段时袖手旁观。NASA宇航员将在月球表面建造**特朗普总统**的月球基地，我们将实现地表作业所能提供的科学、经济和国家安全潜力。NASA将实现月球目标并完成其他事情。我们将在太空投资**核动力和推进**技术，以便我们能进行到**火星**的下一次巨大飞跃。我们将点燃轨道经济，并发射更多科学探索任务。我们从不单独追求这些宏伟的事业。我们有国际伙伴。我们有商业行业，就像在座的许多人一样。但我们也需要科学、软件开发、工程、技术和运营人才来执行任务。因此，我很高兴地宣布，在**OPM**主管**斯科特·库珀**的鼎力支持下，我们正在启动**NASA Force**，以重建NASA的核心能力。这些来自行业合作伙伴的基于任期的任命将提供指导和培训，并帮助NASA员工积累经验、重建核心能力。同样，这些项目为NASA人才提供了轮岗到行业工作的机会。在NASA，我们没有借口。我们有政策、资源、意愿，得到了最具技术前瞻性的行业支持，我们拥有在1969年7月20日实现近乎不可能的制胜策略。这一切始于一个非常专注的计划，将资源再次集中于最具挑战性的目标，保持条理，汇集全国最优秀最聪明的人才，在他们身上灌输一种需要巨大能力、极致责任感和紧迫感的文化，与行业合作，朝着更大的目标迈出有意义的步伐，不断倾听数据并从中学习，永不接受失败。这就是NASA曾经改变世界的方式，这也是我们将再次做到这一点的方式。谢谢。现在，请欢迎**摩根·布伦南**登台。

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Administrator**: So
 to
 that
 end,
 we
 are
 standardizing
 the


SLS
 rocket,
 increasing
 launch
 cadence


from
 years
 to
 months.
 We're
 inserting
 a


new
 mission
 in
 2027
 to
 buy
 down
 risk
 and


increase
 confidence
 for
 lunar
 landing


attempts
 in
 2028.
 As
 I've
 said
 many


times,
 Artemis
 is
 a
 program.
 Where
 we


begin
 with
 SLS
 is
 not
 where
 we
 end.


There
 will
 be
 dozens
 of
 missions
 living


on
 long
 past
 where
 Apollo
 17
 ended
 with


the
 aim
 of
 affordable
 and
 repeatable


crew
 and
 cargo
 missions
 to
 the
 surface


for
 decades
 into
 the
 future.
 We're
 also


going
 to
 stop
 leaping
 right
 to
 the
 dream


state
 as
 a
 service
 and
 build
 a
 moon
 base


step
 by
 step
 in
 an
 evolutionary


approach.
 We're
 going
 to
 start
 with


clips
 programs
 and
 LTV
 style
 landers
 and


rovers.
 We're
 going
 to
 provide
 a
 strong


demand
 signal
 to
 industry
 for
 launch,


landers,
 rovers
 that
 we
 can
 outfit
 with


with
 power,
 navigation,
 communication,


service,
 surface
 improvement


capabilities,
 scientific
 and
 other


capabilities
 that
 we
 can
 experiment
 with


to
 ultimately
 inform
 the
 phase
 2


infrastructure
 and
 move
 towards


long-term
 habitation.
 So,
 the
 folks
 in


this
 room,
 if
 you're
 if
 you're
 ever


coming
 to
 pitch
 me
 on
 the
 uh
 the


Marsbased
 dream
 state
 as
 a
 service
 where


the
 only
 customer
 is
 NASA,
 costs


billions
 of
 dollars
 and
 it's
 never
 been


done
 before,
 I
 can
 assure
 you
 we


probably
 won't
 be
 that
 receptive.
 We're


not
 going
 to
 force
 an
 orbital
 economy


where
 it
 doesn't
 exist,
 but
 I
 can


certainly
 provide
 a
 demand
 signal
 for


what
 we
 need
 in
 line
 with
 President


Trump's
 national
 space
 policy,
 and
 we


are
 going
 to
 do
 everything
 we
 possibly


can
 to
 to
 ignite
 the
 space
 economy
 that


we
 we
 all
 know
 is
 inevitable.
 When
 we


return
 to
 the
 moon,
 America
 will
 not


look
 down
 on
 the
 prime
 lunar
 real
 estate


while
 our
 rivals
 occupy
 it.
 NASA


astronauts
 will
 be
 on
 the
 surface


building
 President
 Trump's
 moon
 base
 and


we
 will
 realize
 the
 scientific,


economic,
 and
 national
 security


potential
 surface
 operations
 provide.


NASA
 will
 achieve
 the
 lunar
 object


objectives
 and
 do
 the
 other
 things.
 We


will
 invest
 in
 nuclear
 power
 and


propulsion
 in
 space
 so
 we
 can
 undertake


the
 next
 giant
 leap
 to
 Mars.
 We
 will


ignite
 the
 orbital
 economy
 and
 launch


more
 missions
 of
 science
 and
 discovery.


We
 never
 pursue
 these
 grand
 endeavors


alone.
 We
 have
 international
 partners.


We
 have
 commercial
 industry
 like
 many
 of


those
 in
 this
 room.
 But
 we
 also
 require


the
 scientific,
 the
 software


development,
 the
 engineering,
 technical,


and
 operational
 talent
 to
 execute
 on
 the


mission.
 So,
 I'm
 pleased
 to
 announce


with
 the
 immense
 support
 of
 OPM
 director


Scott
 Cooper,
 we
 are
 launching
 NASA


force
 to
 rebuild
 NASA's
 core


competencies.
 These
 termb-based


appointments
 from
 industry
 partners
 will


provide
 mentorship
 and
 training
 and
 help


season
 and
 rebuild
 the
 core
 competencies


within
 the
 NASA
 workforce.
 Similarly,


these
 programs
 offer
 exchange


opportunities
 for
 NASA
 talent
 to
 rotate


through
 industry.
 At
 NASA,
 we
 have
 no


excuses.
 We
 have
 the
 policy,
 the


resources,
 the
 will,
 the
 support
 of
 the


most
 technologically
 forwardleaning


industry,
 and
 we
 have
 the
 winning


playbook
 that
 achieved
 the
 near


impossible
 on
 July
 20th,
 1969.


It
 starts
 with
 having
 a
 very
 focused


plan,
 concentrating
 resources
 again
 on


the
 most
 challenging
 objectives,
 staying


organized,
 assembling
 the
 best
 and


brightest
 for
 around
 the
 nation,


instilling
 a
 culture
 in
 them
 that


requires
 immense
 competence,
 extreme


ownership
 and
 urgency,
 partnering
 with


industry,
 taking
 meaningful
 steps


towards
 a
 larger
 goal,
 constantly


listening
 to
 data
 and
 learning,
 and


never
 accepting
 defeat.
 This
 is
 how
 NASA


once
 changed
 the
 world,
 and
 this
 is
 how


we're
 going
 to
 do
 it
 again.
 Thank
 you.


Now,
 please
 welcome
 to
 the
 stage
 Morgan


Brennan.

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**Interviewer**: 你好，很高兴见到你。见到你太好了。大家好。**艾萨克曼局长**，谢谢你来到舞台上。你刚才在讲台上讲了很多我想深入探讨的内容。但首先，我必须从‘NASA Force’这个想法谈起，以及引进人才让NASA再次伟大、再次酷起来的这个想法。

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**Interviewer**: >> Hey,
 good
 to
 see
 you.


>> So
 good
 to
 see
 you.
 Hello
 everybody.


Administrator
 Isaacman,
 thank
 you
 for


joining
 me
 here
 on
 stage.
 So
 much
 you


just
 covered
 at
 the
 podium
 that
 I
 want


to
 dig
 into.
 Um,
 but
 first
 I
 have
 to


start
 with
 this
 idea
 of
 NASA
 force
 and


this
 idea
 of
 bringing
 talent
 into
 NASA


and
 making
 NASA
 great
 again.
 Cool
 again.

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**Administrator**: 是的。人们问我，你上任以来最大的惊喜是什么？我想很多事情都在预料之中。我有不止一次机会为之做准备。但我想说的是，在我走遍所有中心，进行这次史诗般的巡演后，最令人瞩目的是，我们许多核心能力要么已经完全丧失，因为我们外包了，然后你看看像**美国重返月球**的**Artemis**这样的计划，你有五个主要承包商、数百个分包商，你的75.5%的劳动力，注意，不是合作伙伴，不是商业伙伴，而是通过派遣机构的承包商。所以，他们都在使用不同的软件工具、协作工具、不同的HR系统，与不同的主要合同商、分包商沟通。我们已经为此投入了1000亿美元，并且滞后了好几年，这对任何人来说都是一个惊喜吗？不。就在你眼前。比如**任务控制**，任务控制被外包了。我想这会让在座的大多数人震惊，当宇航员通过无线电说‘休斯顿’，回应者却是外包人员。发射控制，我们发射台的运作。自上周五我说我们将重拾那个习惯，在几个月内发射月球火箭，而不是几年以来，人们一直很激动。**阿波罗7号**到**阿波罗8号**，相隔九周。九周！我们现在的发射频率是三年半一次。他们说，这不合理，你怎么可能把时间从三年半缩短呢？这是一个不切实际的计划。我说，不，我们将回归到过去的做法，因为我们将重建懂得如何做这些事情的劳动力。这是我们历史的一部分。所以，是的，我们非常重视**斯科特**和**OPM**的支持，让我们能够吸引人才回流到机构，从事诸如启用我们的发射台以实现高频发射、管理发射控制、管理任务控制等工作。我们肯定需要我们的伙伴。我们并非孤军奋战，但NASA必须重新掌握这些核心能力。

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**Administrator**: >> Yeah.
 I
 I
 mean
 people
 ask
 me
 uh
 you
 know


what
 was
 your
 biggest
 surprise
 since


taking
 the
 job
 and
 um
 I'd
 say
 a
 lot
 of


things
 were
 actually
 as
 expected.
 I
 had


an
 opportunity
 to
 prepare
 for
 it
 more


than
 once
 and
 uh


but
 what
 I'd
 say
 was
 um
 what
 what
 stands


out
 having
 visited
 every
 one
 of
 the


centers
 on
 this
 really
 epic
 road
 show
 is


just
 you
 know
 what
 a
 large
 portion
 of


our
 core
 competencies
 that
 have
 either


been
 lost
 outright
 over
 the
 years
 where


we've
 outsourced
 and
 then
 you
 know
 you


take
 a
 look
 at
 a
 a
 program
 like


America's
 return
 to
 the
 moon
 with


Artemis
 and
 you
 got
 five
 prime


contractors
 hundreds
 of
 subcontractors


and
 75
 5%
 of
 your
 workforce,
 your


workforce,
 not
 partners,
 not
 commercial


partners
 in
 this
 are
 contractors,
 um,


you
 know,
 through
 staffing
 agencies.
 So,


they're
 all
 using
 different
 software


tools,
 collaboration
 tools,
 different
 HR


systems,
 talking
 to
 different
 prime


contract,
 subcontractors.
 Is
 it
 a


surprise
 to
 anyone
 that
 we're
 100


billion
 deep
 into
 this,
 years
 behind


schedule?
 No.
 I
 mean,
 that
 it's
 right
 in


front
 of
 you.
 So,
 look,
 things
 like


mission
 control,
 mission
 control
 is


outsourced.
 I
 mean,
 I
 gotta
 imagine
 that


would
 shock
 most
 people
 in
 this
 room
 to


say
 like
 when
 the
 astronauts
 come
 over


the
 radio
 and
 say
 Houston
 and
 the
 person


respond
 back,
 it's
 outsourced.
 Uh,


launch
 control
 turning
 our
 pad.
 People


have
 been
 freaking
 out
 since
 I've
 said


since
 last
 Friday
 that
 we
 are
 going
 to


get
 back
 into
 the
 habit
 of
 launching


moon
 rockets
 in
 months,
 not
 years.


Apollo
 7
 to
 Apollo
 8,
 nine
 weeks
 apart.


Nine
 weeks
 apart.
 We're
 on
 this
 cadence


of
 every
 three
 and
 a
 half
 years.
 And


they're
 like,
 that
 that
 doesn't
 make
 any


sense.
 how,
 you
 know,
 uh,
 you're
 never


going
 to
 be
 able
 to
 pull
 it
 in
 from


three
 and
 a
 half
 years.
 It's
 an


unrealistic
 plan.
 It's
 like,
 no,
 we're


going
 to
 go
 back
 to
 doing
 what
 we
 did


before
 because
 we're
 going
 to
 rebuild


the
 workforce
 that
 knows
 how
 to
 do
 these


things.
 That
 that's
 part
 of
 our
 history.


Um,
 so
 yes,
 I
 mean,
 we
 we
 incredibly


value
 the
 support
 from
 uh
 from
 Scott
 and


OPM
 to
 let
 us
 go
 out,
 bring
 the
 talent


back
 into
 the
 agency
 on
 things
 like


turning
 our
 launchpad
 so
 we
 can
 launch


with
 frequency,
 managing
 launch
 control,


managing
 mission
 control.
 We
 definitely


need
 our
 partners.
 We
 don't
 do
 this


alone,
 but
 NASA's
 got
 to
 have
 those
 core


competencies
 back
 within
 the
 agents.

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**Interviewer**: 所以，加快速度。并且我想这过程也包括削减成本，将更多业务收归内部，是吗？

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**Interviewer**: >> So,
 move
 more
 quickly.
 And
 I'd
 imagine


it
 sounds
 like
 also
 cutting
 costs
 in
 the


process,
 bringing
 this
 in
 house,
 more
 of


this
 in
 house.

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**Administrator**: 是的。我去了每一个中心，开始和员工交谈，我说：“好吧，你是在**任务控制**中心工作。你是我们的承包商之一。我知道我们对待每个人都差不多。你想成为公务员吗？有些福利与之相关。”他们说：“我从小就想为NASA工作。”他们的薪水完全一样，但是，你知道，科技公司或者劳务派遣公司会从中抽取40%的毛利润。所以，答案是，每年约有14亿美元的科学和探索资金流失，因为大约30年前有人设定了公务员的职业天花板。因此，75%的员工变成了承包商，这些承包商在那里工作了几十年，如果我们不改变，他们还会继续工作几十年。

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**Administrator**: >> Yeah.
 I
 I
 mean,
 I
 went
 to
 every


one
 of
 the
 centers
 and
 started
 talking


to
 the
 workforce
 and
 said,
 "Okay,
 so
 you


work
 in
 mission
 control.
 You're
 you're


one
 of
 our
 contractors.
 I
 get
 we
 we


treat
 everybody
 kind
 of
 the
 same.
 Uh
 do


you
 want
 to
 be
 a
 civil
 servant?
 I
 mean,


there's
 certain
 benefits
 associated
 with


it."
 And
 they're
 like,
 "I've
 wanted
 to


work
 for
 NASA
 since
 I
 was
 a
 kid."
 They


get
 paid
 exactly
 the
 same,
 but
 you
 have,


you
 know,
 tech
 companies
 that
 put
 a
 well


staffing
 companies
 put
 a
 40%
 gross


margin
 on
 it.
 So
 the
 the
 answer
 is
 about


1.4
 billion
 a
 year
 is
 lost
 in
 science


and
 discovery
 because
 someone
 30
 years


ago
 or
 so
 said
 there's
 these
 artificial


hiring
 ceilings
 on
 civil
 servants.
 So


75%
 of
 the
 workforce
 became
 contractors,


contractors
 that
 have
 been
 there
 for
 for


decades
 and
 will
 stay
 there
 for
 decades


if
 we
 don't
 change
 it.

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**Interviewer**: 我们一直在积极地进行这些对话。我们在国防领域也看到类似的对话。这种招募最优秀、最聪明人才的想法。在NASA，当你谈论与科技行业和私营部门的竞争时，这具体是什么样的？

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**Interviewer**: >> I
 we're
 having
 these
 conversations


actively.
 We're
 seeing
 these


conversations
 actively
 on
 the
 defense


side.
 this
 idea
 of
 recruiting
 the
 best


and
 brightest.
 What
 does
 that
 look
 like


at
 NASA
 when
 you
 do
 talk
 about
 that


competition
 with,
 you
 know,
 the
 tech


industry
 and
 and
 private
 sector?

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**Administrator**: 嗯，对我来说，NASA应该做的是‘近乎不可能’的事情，即你无法通过商业模式来盈利，或者说除了NASA之外没有明显的市场需求。比如，我们曾经需要解决重型运载火箭和推进系统设计的问题。当时，我们是唯一的参与者。但现在情况并非如此。发射、观测和通信，这些是**太空经济**的基础，有其市场。如果NASA做的是行业也在做的事情，我们就错了，这将很难吸引和留住人才。所以你应该怎么做？转向别人不一定愿意涉足的方向。**核动力和推进**就是一个很好的例子。现在有很多出色的核能公司。我认为，在能源领域，陆地上有很大的需求。所以，这可能是近期需求信号。这样NASA就可以做一些别人不愿意承担发射核反应堆及其动力推进系统风险的事情，以便有一天我们能登陆**火星**并安全地带回我们的宇航员。这是一个很好的例子，说明NASA应该如何重新定位，再次挑战‘近乎不可能’。

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**Administrator**: >> Well,
 so
 I
 I
 mean
 to
 me
 NASA
 is
 supposed


to
 be
 doing
 the
 near
 impossible
 where


you
 can't
 close
 a
 business
 case.
 Uh


where
 there's
 no
 obvious
 uh
 you
 know


demand
 besides
 NASA,
 you
 know,
 so
 at
 one


point
 we
 had
 to
 open
 this
 whole
 thing
 up


with
 uh
 you
 know,
 heavy
 lift
 launch


vehicles
 and
 propulsion
 design.
 I
 mean,


we
 again
 were
 the
 only
 game
 in
 town.


That's
 not
 the
 case
 now.
 Launch,


observation,
 and
 communication,
 there's


a
 market
 for
 I
 mean
 that
 that
 is,
 you


know,
 the
 the
 foundation
 of
 the
 of
 the


space
 economy.
 So
 if
 NASA's
 doing
 the


same
 thing
 that
 industry
 is
 doing,
 we're


screwing
 up
 and
 that's
 going
 to
 make
 it


very
 hard
 for
 us
 to
 recruit
 talent.
 It's


going
 to
 make
 it
 very
 hard
 for
 us
 to


retain
 talent.
 So
 what
 do
 you
 do?
 You


pivot
 in
 a
 direction
 that
 others


shouldn't
 necessarily
 be
 working
 on.


Nuclear
 power
 and
 propulsion
 is
 a
 great


example.
 Lots
 of
 great
 nuclear
 companies


right
 now.
 I
 would
 I
 think
 there's
 a
 lot


of
 demand,
 terrestrial
 demand
 for


energy.
 So
 maybe
 that's
 probably
 the
 the


you
 know
 the
 near-term
 demand
 signal.
 So


NASA
 can
 do
 the
 uh
 what
 probably
 others


wouldn't
 want
 to
 take
 on
 the
 liability


of
 of
 launching
 a
 nuclear
 reactor
 with


power
 and
 propulsion
 so
 we
 can
 get
 to


Mars
 someday
 and
 actually
 bring
 our


astronauts
 back
 home.
 Um
 that's
 a
 great


example
 of
 where
 NASA
 should
 be,
 you


know,
 recalibrating
 again
 to
 the
 near


impossible.

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### Artemis 重组与未来路径

**Interviewer**: 好的，让我们更深入地探讨一下**Artemis**计划，因为你刚刚宣布了重组。**Artemis 3**任务将不会登陆月球。你将返回**近地轨道**来测试**载人着陆系统**技术。你是如何——你是行动迅速的，对吧？你上任才两个月，两个半月。你是如何决定重组的？又是如何形成这条最有意义的前进道路的？

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**Interviewer**: >> All
 right,
 let's
 dig
 a
 little
 deeper


into
 Artemis
 because
 you
 just
 did


announce
 this
 restructuring.
 Artemis
 3


is
 not
 going to
 put
 boots
 on
 the
 moon.


uh
 you're
 turning
 back
 to
 to
 low
 Earth


orbit
 to
 test
 out
 the
 human
 landing


system
 technology
 there
 too.
 How
 did
 I


mean
 you're
 moving
 quickly,
 right?
 It's


been
 what
 two
 months,
 two
 and
 a
 half


months
 since
 you
 got
 in.
 How
 how
 did
 you


decide
 on
 the
 restructuring
 and
 how
 did


this
 path
 forward
 um
 emerge
 as
 the
 one


that
 makes
 the
 most
 sense?

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**Administrator**: 是的。对我来说，我认为这很明显。我不知道为什么这些决定没有早点做出，但你不能每三年半发射一次像SLS这样重要而复杂的火箭，并期望取得好结果。在 **Artemis 1**任务中，我们出现了氢气泄漏。三年半后，我们又遇到了氢气泄漏。在**Artemis 1**任务中，我们出现了氦气流动问题。三年半后，为什么**Artemis 2**没有绕月飞行，而是在**车辆装配大楼**里？还是氦气流动问题。如果你每三年半发射一次，你就无法获得肌肉记忆。人们致力于发射任务，然后他们会转向别处，你必须重新建立所有这些能力。这根本不是成功的 Recipe。我们还倾向于直接跳入“服务型梦想状态”，而忘记了你需要以迭代、渐进的方式来完成像重返月球这样充满挑战的任务。我们有**水星**、**双子座**、**阿波罗**，在**阿波罗11号**之前有大量的阿波罗任务。现在，我们应该从那时学到了一些东西。我们确实拥有我们伟大行业的强大力量来帮助我们。所以，我认为你不需要那么多任务。你肯定需要绕月飞行一次以上，然后着陆并结束。这行不通。所以，我们正在回归一些基本原则。我们正在2027年增加一项任务，以确保我们在发射台拥有肌肉记忆，这样当我们打算发射时，我们确实能够发射。然后在**近地轨道**与一到两个着陆器供应商会合，就像我们在**阿波罗9号**任务中做的那样。在将人员送往月球之前，建立对系统的信心，降低风险。我的意思是，这是生死攸关的区别，如果发生问题，你离身处水中只有几小时，或者几天。所以，我们必须把事情做对。重返月球极其困难。我们必须以一种明智的方式去做。

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**Administrator**: >> Yeah,
 I
 I
 mean
 I
 to
 me
 I
 think
 it's


obvious.
 I
 I
 don't
 know
 why
 um
 you
 know


these
 decisions
 weren't
 made
 sooner,
 but


you
 cannot
 launch
 a
 rocket
 as
 important


as
 complex
 uh
 as
 SLS
 every
 3
 and
 1/2


years
 and
 think
 it's
 going
 to
 lead
 to
 a


good
 outcome.
 Uh
 you
 know,
 we
 had


hydrogen
 leaks
 on
 Artemis
 1.
 Three
 and
 a


half
 years
 later,
 what
 do
 we
 have?
 We


had
 hydrogen
 leaks.
 We
 had
 helium
 flow


issues
 on
 Artemis
 1.
 We
 have
 three
 and
 a


half
 years
 later.
 Why
 is
 Artemis
 2
 back


in
 the
 vehicle
 assembly
 building
 instead


of
 around
 the
 moon
 right
 now?
 Helium


flow
 issues.
 you
 you
 get
 no
 muscle


memory
 if
 you're
 launching
 that
 thing


every
 three
 and
 a
 half
 years.
 People
 are


working
 to
 launch
 the
 mission
 and
 then


they're
 going
 to
 move
 on
 and
 go


somewhere
 else
 and
 you
 have
 to
 rebuild


all
 those
 competencies
 again.
 It's
 just


it's
 not
 a
 recipe
 for
 success
 again.
 We


also
 have
 tended
 to
 just
 go
 right
 to
 the


dream
 state
 and
 forget
 that
 you
 need
 to


do
 things
 as
 challenging
 as
 returning
 to


the
 moon
 in
 a
 iterative
 evolutionary


way.
 We
 had
 Mercury,
 Gemini,
 Apollo,
 an


awful
 lot
 of
 Apollo
 missions
 before
 11.


Now,
 we
 should
 have
 learned
 some
 things


since
 then.
 We
 do
 have
 the
 power
 of
 our


of
 our
 great
 industry
 in
 order
 to
 help


us.
 So,
 I
 don't
 think
 you
 necessarily


need
 as
 many
 missions.
 You
 certainly


need
 more
 than
 one
 trip
 around
 the
 moon


and
 then
 land
 and
 call
 it
 a
 day.
 That's


not
 going
 to
 work.
 So,
 you
 know,
 we're


getting
 back
 to
 some
 of
 our
 basics.
 Um,


we're
 inserting
 another
 mission
 in
 in
 27


to
 again
 ensure
 that
 we
 have
 the
 muscle


memory
 at
 the
 pad
 so
 when
 we
 intend
 to


launch,
 we
 actually
 can
 launch.
 And
 then


you
 got
 a
 rendevous
 with
 one
 or
 both


your
 lander
 providers
 in
 lower
 Earth


orbit
 just
 as
 we
 did
 with
 Apollo
 9.
 Get


confidence
 in
 the
 systems,
 buy
 down
 risk


before
 you
 send
 people
 to
 the
 moon.
 I


mean,
 it's
 the
 difference
 between
 if


something
 goes
 wrong,
 you're
 hours
 away


from
 being
 in
 the
 water
 or
 days
 away.


Um,
 so
 we
 got
 to
 we
 got
 to
 get
 it
 right.


It's
 incredibly
 hard
 to
 return
 to
 the


moon.
 Um,
 we
 we
 we
 got
 to
 do
 it
 in,
 you


know,
 again,
 a
 smart
 approach.

</details>

**Interviewer**: SLS火箭非常昂贵、精妙且复杂。你刚才提到三年半一次的发射周期。波音公司能足够快地制造出来吗？你能获得足够多的火箭来跟上你想要的发射节奏吗？

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<summary>Original English</summary>

**Interviewer**: >> Um,
 the
 SLS
 rocket
 is
 a
 very
 expensive,


very
 exquisite,
 complicated
 rocket.
 You


just
 talked
 about,
 you
 know,
 three
 and
 a


half
 years


Can
 Boeing
 turn
 it
 out
 quickly
 enough?


Can
 you
 actually
 get
 to
 enough
 of
 them


to
 keep
 up
 with
 the
 cadence
 you
 want?

</details>

**Administrator**: 是的。你知道，你看，我的意思是，很多人在我上任之初都认为，工业界不会让你做你想做的事，政界也不会让你做你想做的事。但你知道吗？他们都明白，我们谈论的是几个月内的发射。美国在月球上获胜和失败之间的区别，以及所有相关的隐含意义。如果你不认为在35年的时间里投入千亿美元却最终失利，却没有国家安全影响，那你完全错了，因为这表明如果我们在太空领域都处于劣势，那么在其他方面呢？所以，是的，我认为工业界和许多政界人士长期以来一直迫使我们这样做，现在大家都在醒悟，并意识到我们只有几个月的优势，是时候做些不同的事情了。我非常感谢现在已经获得了几乎无条件的支持，能够以正确的方式做事。这包括工业界表示我们已准备好进入状态。现在，这需要的不仅仅是承诺，对吧？我们将在每一个主要承包商、每一个在关键路径上有组件的分包商那里安插负责任的工程师。这些公司的CEO将每30天向我汇报一次他们将如何满足我们的时间表，因为事关重大。我们必须把它做好。我以前公开说过。看，整个SLS项目，车辆架构是在工业界开始将火箭降落在船上之前构思出来的。你可以看着它说，它有点像航天飞机，但又不是。这是因为那里很多硬件都来自航天飞机。所以是的，这是我们现在正在利用的，大概是50-60年前的硬件。但这只是开始，不是结束。你知道，总统创造了一个将持续存在的项目，随着硬件的不断发展，这在如果你要频繁地进行月球往返任务时是必要的，因为你有一个可以维持的基地。所以，我们至少有Artemis 5或6的SLS计划。我们将充分利用它，然后我们将继续发展我们的架构，直到我们看到NASA宇航员在几个月内（而不是几年）往返月球。

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<summary>Original English</summary>

**Administrator**: >> Yeah.
 You
 know,
 look,
 I
 mean,
 a
 lot of


people
 when
 I
 came
 to
 this
 job
 is
 like


industry
 is
 not
 going
 to
 let
 you
 do
 what


you
 want
 to
 do
 and
 and
 the
 politicians


aren't
 going
 to
 let
 you
 do
 what
 you
 want


to
 do.
 But
 you
 know
 what?
 They
 all


understand
 that
 we
 are
 talking
 about


months.
 The
 difference
 between
 America


winning
 and
 losing
 on
 the
 moon
 and
 all


of
 the
 associated
 implications.
 If
 you


don't
 think
 there's
 national
 security


implications
 of
 saying
 for
 35
 years
 and


putting
 hundred
 billion
 dollars
 in
 that


America
 will
 return
 to
 the
 moon
 and
 then


coming
 up
 short
 and
 that
 doesn't
 have


national
 security
 implications,
 you're


completely
 mistaken
 because
 that
 says
 if


they're
 broken
 here,
 imagine
 where
 else


they're
 broken.
 So
 yes,
 I
 think
 industry


and
 various
 politicians
 have
 forced
 in


the
 hand
 for
 a
 long
 time
 and
 now


everybody
 is
 waking
 up
 and
 realizing


we've
 got
 months
 of
 margin
 and
 it's
 time


to
 start
 doing
 things
 different.
 So
 I
 am


grateful
 for
 like
 what
 has
 become


essentially
 unqualified
 support
 to
 do
 it


the
 right
 way.
 Um
 and
 that
 includes


industry
 saying
 we're
 ready
 to
 get
 in


gear.
 Now
 it
 takes
 more
 than
 promises,


right?
 Like
 we
 are
 going
 to
 embed


responsible
 engineers
 in
 every
 one
 of


the
 prime
 contractors,
 every
 one
 of
 the


subcontractors
 that
 has
 components
 on


the
 critical
 path.
 CEOs
 of
 these


companies
 are
 going
 to
 brief
 me
 every
 30


days
 on
 how
 they're
 going
 to
 meet
 our


timelines
 because
 a
 lot
 is
 at
 stake.
 Uh


and
 we
 have
 to
 get
 it
 right.
 And
 I
 and


I've
 said
 it
 before
 publicly.
 Look,
 the


whole
 SLS
 program
 was
 con
 vehicle


architecture
 was
 conceived
 before


industry
 was
 landing
 rockets
 on
 ships.


You
 can
 look
 at
 it
 and
 say
 it
 looks
 kind


of
 like
 shuttle
 but
 not
 really
 shuttle.


That's
 because
 a
 lot
 of
 the
 hardware


there
 came
 from
 shuttle.
 So
 yes,
 it's


like
 50
 60
 year old
 uh
 you
 know
 type


hardware
 that
 we're
 we're
 leveraging


now.
 But
 it's
 the
 start.
 It's
 not
 the


finish.
 You
 know,
 the
 president
 created


a
 program
 that's
 going
 to
 live
 on
 as


hardware
 evolves,
 which
 is
 it's
 going
 to


be
 necessary
 if
 you're
 going
 to


undertake
 missions
 to
 and
 from
 the
 moon


at
 at
 great
 frequency
 because
 you've
 got


a
 base
 there
 to
 sustain.
 So,
 we've
 got


Artemis
 through
 at
 least
 or
 SLS
 through


at least
 Artemis
 5
 or
 six.
 We're
 going


to
 make
 the
 most
 of
 it
 and
 then
 we
 will


continue
 to
 evolve
 our
 uh
 our


architecture
 until
 we
 are
 watching
 uh


NASA
 astronauts
 going
 to
 and
 from
 the


moon
 measured
 in
 months,
 not
 years.

</details>

**Interviewer**: 是的，我们看到了需求信号，甚至在你上周宣布**Artemis**计划之前，整个行业就已经显示出对月球雄心的更多投资和关注。所以，在我们转向其他话题之前，我想先就**载人着陆系统**这个问题进行探讨，因为涉及到**Blue Origin**和**SpaceX**。它们准备好出发了吗？能否像你所需要的那样快速交付？特别是如果我们谈论的是**近地轨道**会合，而它们是为更深空的飞行而开发的。

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Interviewer**: >> Yeah.
 I
 mean
 we're
 seeing
 the
 demand


signals
 even
 before
 your
 announcement


last
 week
 with
 Artemis
 across
 industry


in
 terms
 of
 you
 know
 invest
 more
 focus


more
 on
 these
 lunar
 ambitions.
 Uh
 so
 the


I
 do
 want
 to
 just
 before
 we
 move
 on
 to


other
 topics
 I
 do
 want
 to
 just
 get
 to


the
 human
 landing
 system
 piece
 of
 this


because
 it's
 Blue
 Origin,
 it's
 SpaceX.


Are
 they
 ready
 to
 go?
 Can
 they
 deliver


as
 quickly
 as
 you
 need
 them
 to?


Especially
 if
 we're
 talking
 about
 low


Earth
 orbit
 rendevous
 and
 they're


developed
 for
 something
 deeper
 space.

</details>

**Administrator**: 是的。同样，当我们公布我们的计划，即制定一个切实可行的重返月球战略时，我们并非在真空中进行。我们与行业进行了沟通，确保我们获得了承诺。这就是为什么当公告发布时，你看到所有参与者都出来发推特支持，很多政界人士也做了同样的事情，因为这是重返月球的正确途径。现在，**SpaceX**和**Blue Origin**都必须进行无人测试，这本身就是计划的一部分。他们原本计划在2027年发射这些航天器。现在我们要求他们考虑如何与我们的**Orion**飞船在**近地轨道**会合，并开始降低风险。他们都承认，是的，我们需要做一些类似的事情，我们将与他们一起努力。我必须说，考虑到**Blue Origin**和**SpaceX**都在投资的技术，这些技术远不止于重返月球插上旗帜。这是真正建立基地、以低成本将大量物质运送到月球表面，并真正解锁其科学和经济潜力的能力。这是一个复杂的实现方式。所以，让他们与我们在近地轨道会合，比让他们与我们在月球轨道会合要容易得多，因为如果他们必须进行多次发射，而这些发射本可以用于着陆，那将不是一个好的权衡。所以，这是正确的过渡步骤。

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<summary>Original English</summary>

**Administrator**: >> Yeah.
 I
 mean,
 so
 again,
 when
 we
 went


public
 with
 our
 plan
 to
 actually
 have
 an


achievable
 strategy
 to
 getting
 to
 the


moon,
 we
 didn't
 do
 it
 in
 a
 vacuum.
 We


spoke
 with
 industry,
 made
 sure
 we
 had


commitments.
 That's
 why
 when
 the


announcement
 came,
 you
 saw
 every
 one
 of


the
 players
 come
 out
 and
 put
 a
 tweet
 out


in
 support
 and
 a
 bunch
 of
 politicians
 do


the
 same
 because
 this
 is
 the
 way
 back
 to


the
 moon.
 Now,
 both
 SpaceX
 and
 Blue
 had


to
 do
 um
 uncrrewed
 tests
 of
 their


vehicle
 was
 already
 part
 of
 the
 plan.
 Uh


so
 they
 were
 planning
 to
 launch
 these
 uh


you
 know
 these
 spacecraft
 in
 uh
 in
 2027.


Now
 we're
 asking
 them
 to
 consider
 how


we're
 going
 to
 rendevous
 with
 us
 uh
 in


Orion
 and
 start
 buying
 down
 risk
 and


they
 all
 acknowledged
 yes
 we
 need
 to
 do


something
 like
 this
 and
 we're
 going
 to


work
 with
 them
 on
 it.
 I
 will
 say


considering
 the
 technology
 that
 both


blue
 and
 SpaceX
 are
 investing
 in
 which


is
 way
 more
 than
 just
 going
 back
 to
 the


moon
 to
 put
 footsteps
 in
 a
 flag
 here.
 I


mean
 that
 is
 the
 capability
 to
 truly


build
 out
 a
 base
 put
 lots
 of
 mass
 at
 low


cost
 on
 the
 surface
 of
 the
 moon
 and


really
 again
 unlock
 its
 scientific
 and


economic
 potential.
 Um
 it
 is
 a
 complex


approach
 to
 do
 it.
 So
 for
 them
 to


rendevous
 with
 us
 in
 lower
 earth
 orbit


is
 substantially
 easier
 than
 it
 would
 be


um
 for
 them
 to
 rendevous
 with
 us
 for


example
 in
 lunar
 orbit
 where
 that
 would


be
 not
 necessarily
 a
 great
 trade
 if


you're
 if
 you're
 having
 to
 expend


numerous
 launches
 that
 you
 could


otherwise
 use
 for
 a
 landing.
 So
 this
 is


the
 right
 interim
 step.

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### 重返月球的意义与挑战

**Interviewer**: 我们为什么必须重返月球？作为NASA的局长，你看到了哪些潜在的好处和回报，又如何权衡风险？

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Interviewer**: >> Why
 is
 it
 so
 important
 for
 us
 to
 go
 back


to
 the
 moon?
 What
 are
 what
 do
 you
 see
 as


the
 administrator
 of
 NASA?
 What
 do
 you


see
 as
 the
 potential
 benefits
 and


rewards
 compared
 to
 the
 risk?

</details>

**Administrator**: 回到我说的，这是一个许下的承诺，也是我们必须兑现的承诺。我的意思是，再次强调，35年来我们说过要做这件事。我指的是，一路走来已经花费了千亿美元。如果我们因此而失利，然后说‘现在，我们做到了’，你觉得‘我们在20世纪60年代和70年代做到了，那又有什么大不了的？’。是的，这是35年前你必须采取的立场。一旦你说你要回去，而新的竞赛已经开始，并且你又投入了1000亿美元的纳税人资金，你就有义务完成它。而且，我再说一遍，如果我们失败了，我的意思是，其影响是巨大的。我们的竞争对手会说，如果他们在太空——可能最重要的战略领域——都处于劣势，那么他们在其他地方又如何呢？然后开始侵蚀我们在所有最重要技术领域内的地盘。这是一个问题。这是真正的国家安全影响。但当我们到达那里时会发生什么？我们将学到东西。这就是为什么我们正在进行人类历史上最伟大的冒险——探索我们的太阳系、银河系和周围的宇宙。我们不知道我们可能会学到什么能够改变一切。我必须说，这里绝对是未来**火星**任务的试验场。我的意思是，能够到达南极并进行就地资源制造，与ICE合作。如果我们想把宇航员送往火星并让他们回来，这些是我们必须可靠使用的能力。我强调‘回来’的部分。把他们送过去相对容易。把他们带回家非常困难。让我们用月球作为试验场，当我们离家只有几天路程时，而不是9个月。你认为这是与中国或其他国家的太空竞赛吗？

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Administrator**: >> Well,
 I
 I
 go
 back
 to
 this
 was
 a
 promise


that
 was
 made
 and
 a
 promise
 we
 need
 to


keep.
 I
 mean,
 again,
 35
 years
 we
 said
 we


were
 going
 to
 do
 this.
 I
 mean,
 a
 hundred


billion
 dollars
 that
 have
 expended
 along


the
 way.
 for
 us
 to
 just
 come
 up
 short


and
 say
 now,
 well,
 we
 did
 it,
 you
 know,


we
 did
 it
 in
 uh
 in
 1960s
 and
 1970s,
 so


what's
 the
 big
 deal?
 Yeah,
 that
 was
 the


position
 you
 had
 to
 take
 35
 years
 ago.


Once
 you
 said
 you're
 going
 back
 and
 the


and
 the
 new
 race
 is
 on
 and
 you've


committed
 again
 100
 billion
 of
 taxpayer


dollars,
 you
 have
 an
 obligation
 to
 see


it
 through.
 And
 and
 I'll
 say
 again,
 if


we
 come
 up
 short,
 I
 mean,
 the


implications
 are
 significant.
 our
 rival


is
 going
 to
 say
 if
 they're
 broken
 in


space,
 which
 is
 probably
 the
 most


important
 strategic
 domain,
 where
 else


are
 they
 broken?
 And
 start
 encroaching


on
 our
 our
 territory
 across
 all
 the
 most


important
 technological
 domains.
 That's


a
 problem.
 That's
 that's
 real
 national


security
 implications.
 But
 what
 happens


when
 we
 get
 there?
 We
 are
 going
 to
 learn


things.
 That's
 why
 we're
 on
 the
 greatest


adventure
 in
 human
 history
 of
 exploring


our
 solar
 system
 and
 the
 galaxy
 and


universe
 around
 us.
 We
 don't
 know
 what


we
 may
 learn
 that
 could
 change


everything.
 Um
 I
 will
 say
 it
 is


absolutely
 the
 proving
 ground
 for
 future


missions
 uh
 to
 Mars.
 I
 mean
 to
 be
 able


to
 get
 on
 the
 South
 Pole
 and
 do


institute
 resource
 manufacturing
 working


with
 ICE.
 These
 are
 the
 capabilities


that
 we
 are
 going
 to
 need
 to
 be
 able
 to


use
 reliably
 on
 Mars
 if
 we're
 going
 to


send
 astronauts
 there
 and
 back.
 And
 I


emphasize
 the
 back
 part.
 It's
 a
 lot


easier
 to
 get
 them
 there.
 It's
 very
 hard


to
 bring
 them
 back
 home.
 Uh
 let's
 use


let's
 use
 the
 moon
 as
 a
 proving
 ground


when
 we're
 a
 couple
 of
 days
 from
 home


versus
 9
 months.
 Do
 you
 see
 this
 as
 a


space
 race
 with
 China
 or
 otherwise?

</details>

**Interviewer**: 是的，100%。我只想说，无论我们是否有可能在一年的时间表内有对手，上周我们宣布的这些改变仍然是正确的方向。也就是说，无论是否有竞争对手，你都不会每三年半发射一次月球火箭。你也不会从绕月飞行直接跳到登月。你仍然需要以一种深思熟虑、迭代和渐进的方式来做事情，才能实现宏伟的目标，你知道，这就是我们曾经定义美国的方式。如果我们想回到过去，我们就必须以聪明的方式去做。事实上，我们有竞争对手应该激励我们。但如果失败，也应该让我们担忧。

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Interviewer**: >> Yeah,
 100%.
 The
 only
 thing
 I'll
 just
 say


though
 is
 that
 the
 um
 regardless
 if
 we


had
 arrival
 that
 is
 again
 within


potentially
 a
 year
 of
 our
 schedule
 uh
 on


this,
 it
 is
 still
 the
 changes
 we


announced
 last
 week
 is
 still
 in
 the


correct
 direction.
 Like
 whether
 you
 had


a
 rival
 or
 not,
 you
 don't
 launch
 a
 moon


rocket
 every
 three
 and
 a
 half
 years.
 You


don't
 go
 from
 flying
 around
 the
 moon
 to


landing
 on
 the
 moon.
 You
 still
 have
 to


do
 things
 in
 a
 thoughtful,
 iterative,


and
 evolutionary
 way
 in
 order
 to
 achieve


grand
 endeavors,
 which,
 you
 know,
 was,


you
 know,
 how
 we
 defined
 America
 for
 a


period
 of
 time.
 Like,
 if
 we're
 going
 to


get
 back
 to
 it,
 we
 have
 to
 do
 it
 the


smart
 way.
 The
 fact
 that
 we
 have
 a


competitor
 should
 motivate
 us.
 Um,
 but


it
 should
 also
 concern
 us
 if
 we
 come
 up


short.

</details>

### 火星探测与NASA预算

**Interviewer**: **火星**的时间表现在是怎样的？我们如何才能到达那里？在你考虑月球的更宏大、更长远的常态化规划时，这又是什么样的？

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Interviewer**: >> What
 is
 the
 timeline
 now
 for
 Mars?
 How


do
 we
 get
 there?
 What
 does
 that
 look


like
 as
 you
 think
 about
 the
 moon
 in
 in
 a


bigger,
 broader,
 meteor,
 near-term


fashion?

</details>

**Administrator**:  well, I so that that's why again I I I have the best job in the world and I have a national space policy that you know aligns whole of government towards what we need to achieve and the financial resources to do it. So the president didn't just say return to the moon and and build a moon base. He also said invest in the next giant leap capabilities. That's where nuclear power and propulsion comes in. Uh and I've checked in with the president multiple times on this. I promise him America will get underway in space on nuclear power before the end of his term. Um that's going to be a huge breakthrough. Uh you know nucle you know especially NEP technology is not going to be the fastest way to get from point A to B but it's going to be a way that we can move a lot of mass towards Mars and it's also going to be the same type of reactor technology we'll use for power on the surface so we can mine propellant and come back. So we are taking uh meaningful steps in that direction. We will be able to use the moon base to prove out capabilities before we undertake it. And look, I think like we're gonna see astronauts on Mars in our lifetime.

<details>
<summary>Original English</summary>

**Administrator**: Well,
 I
 so
 that
 that's
 why


again
 I
 I
 I
 have
 the
 best
 job
 in
 the


world
 and
 I
 have
 a
 national
 space
 policy


that
 you
 know
 aligns
 whole
 of
 government


towards
 what
 we
 need
 to
 achieve
 and
 the


financial
 resources
 to
 do
 it.
 So
 the


president
 didn't
 just
 say
 return
 to
 the


moon
 and
 and
 build
 a
 moon
 base.
 He
 also


said
 invest
 in
 the
 next
 giant
 leap


capabilities.
 That's
 where
 nuclear
 power


and
 propulsion
 comes
 in.
 Uh
 and
 I've


checked
 in
 with
 the
 president
 multiple


times
 on
 this.
 I
 promise
 him
 America


will
 get
 underway
 in
 space
 on
 nuclear


power
 before
 the
 end
 of
 his
 term.
 Um


that's
 going
 to
 be
 a
 huge
 breakthrough.


Uh
 you
 know
 nucle
 you
 know
 especially


NEP
 technology
 is
 not
 going
 to
 be
 the


fastest
 way
 to
 get
 from
 point
 A
 to
 B
 but


it's
 going to
 be
 a
 way
 that
 we
 can
 move


a
 lot
 of
 mass
 towards
 Mars
 and
 it's
 also


going
 to
 be
 the
 same
 type
 of
 reactor


technology
 we'll
 use
 for
 power
 on
 the


surface
 so
 we
 can
 mine
 propellant
 and


come
 back.
 So
 we
 are
 taking
 uh


meaningful
 steps
 in
 that
 direction.
 We


will
 be
 able
 to
 use
 the
 moon
 base
 to


prove
 out
 capabilities
 before
 we


undertake
 it.
 And
 look,
 I
 think
 like


we're
 gonna
 see
 astronauts
 on
 Mars
 in


our
 lifetime.

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**Interviewer**: 这对NASA的预算意味着什么？

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**Interviewer**: >> What
 does
 it
 mean
 for
 the
 NASA
 budget?

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**Administrator**: 我告诉过我遇到的每个人，我们有合适的顶层预算来工作。我们确实必须成为更好的资本分配者。去年我们为一个被取消的项目花费了2亿美元。我当时就觉得，我不明白，它被取消了，为什么我们花了2亿美元？我们不是很好的资本分配者。我们把它分散了。我们做了很多零碎的小事，要知道，很多都来自于外部利益相关者。就像我之前提到的，当你没有竞争对手时，想法是建立善意，但当一切都岌岌可危时，你就必须集中资源在你依赖纳税人实现的目标上，这是我们最初被创建的原因。所以你问我，每年250亿美元加上一个大而美的法案带来的额外收入，够不够完成这项工作？是的，绝对够。很多时候，人们忘记了数百万美元，数百万美元，数十亿美元，数十亿美元。每年250亿美元。我的意思是，看看吧，这可以改变世界。一些公司甚至不到一百万美元就成立了。我们每年可以用250亿美元做很多事情。

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**Administrator**: >> I
 I
 I've
 told
 everyone
 uh
 that
 I've
 come


across,
 look,
 we
 we
 got
 the
 right


topline
 to
 work
 within.
 We
 do
 we
 do
 have


to
 be
 better
 capital
 allocators.
 We


spent
 $200
 million
 last
 year
 uh
 on
 a


canceled
 program.
 Like
 I
 was
 like,
 I


don't
 understand
 this.
 It's
 canceled.


Why
 we
 spend
 200
 million?
 Um
 we
 have
 a


we're we're
 not
 great
 capital
 allocators


at
 all.
 We
 spread
 it
 out.
 We
 do
 lots
 of


littles
 and
 look
 a
 lot
 of
 that
 is
 driven


from
 external
 stakeholders
 like
 um
 which


as
 I
 made
 as
 I
 referenced
 in
 my
 prepared


marks
 when
 you
 don't
 have
 a
 competitor


and
 the
 idea
 is
 build
 goodwill


everywhere
 fine
 but
 like
 when
 when


everything's
 on
 the
 line
 you
 got
 to


concentrate
 your
 resources
 on
 the


objectives
 that
 the
 taxpayers
 depend
 on


you
 to
 be
 able
 to
 achieve
 why
 we
 were


created
 in
 the
 first
 place.
 So
 you
 ask


me
 is
 $25
 billion
 a
 year
 plus
 the
 plus


up
 that
 came
 from
 one
 big
 beautiful
 bill


enough
 to
 get
 the
 job
 done?
 Yeah,
 it


sure
 as
 hell
 is.
 A
 lot
 of
 times
 people


forget
 you
 million
 dollars,
 million


dollars,
 billion
 dollars,
 billion


dollars.
 25
 billion
 a
 year.
 I
 mean,


look,
 uh
 that's
 that's
 an
 in
 world


changing
 companies
 have
 uh
 have
 been


started
 for
 uh
 you
 know,
 less
 than
 a


million
 dollars.
 We
 can
 do
 an
 awful
 lot


with
 25
 billion
 a
 year.

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**Interviewer**: 是的。当然，与私营部门和商业航天公司的关系也在不断发展和演变。所以，我想在我们继续讨论其他话题之前，我想请你明确一下，我知道我们有一些太空企业家也在听众席上。你认为他们的领域是什么，而NASA的领域又是什么？

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**Interviewer**: >> Yeah.
 And
 of
 course,
 relationship
 with


private
 sector
 and
 commercial
 space


companies
 continues
 to
 grow
 and
 evolve


and
 change
 too.
 So,
 so
 I
 guess
 we
 put
 a


really
 fine
 point
 on
 it
 since
 I
 know
 we


have
 some
 space
 entrepreneurs
 in
 the


audience.
 What
 do
 you
 see
 as
 their


domain
 versus
 yours
 here?

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**Administrator**: 是的。我再次认为，NASA的工作应该是做‘近乎不可能’的事情，即没有任何其他机构、组织或公司能够通过商业模式盈利，因为你的需求信号只有一个，而且可能没有合乎逻辑的收入模式来支持它。这就是NASA应该关注的地方，当我们取得重大突破时，我们会将其交给行业，让他们通过竞争性动态来改进产品或能力，并降低成本。我们欠行业的是需求信号，表明在哪里我们可以预测大量需求，并且可能在近期到中期有除我们之外的其他客户。这就是我们将在不久的将来通过月球基地所做的。我的意思是，你会有很多发射。大量的发射、大量的着陆器、大量的漫游车。这将是一个实验各种通信、导航、就地资源制造、科学实验、居住，你知道，电力...的机会。我们可以提供需求信号，让行业知道应该在哪里集中资源。他们会说，当我们这样做时，我们将大量零散地、迭代地进行，而不是直接跳到“梦想状态”，因为在那里没有人会赢。纳税人不会赢。没有人能在我们所需的时间内获得他们想要的能力。

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**Administrator**: >> Yeah,
 I
 look
 uh
 again
 I
 think
 it's
 it's


NASA's
 job
 that
 we
 should
 be
 doing
 near


impossible
 where
 uh
 no
 other
 agency,


organization,
 company
 could
 ever
 close
 a


business
 case
 on
 because
 your
 demand


signal
 is
 one
 and
 there's
 probably
 no


logical
 revenue
 model
 to
 underwrite
 it.


That's
 where
 NASA
 should
 be
 putting
 our


attention
 and
 when
 we
 have
 big


breakthroughs,
 we
 hand
 it
 off
 to


industry
 and
 let
 you
 know
 competitive


dynamics
 improve
 the
 product
 or


capability
 and
 bring
 down
 costs.


um
 we
 we
 owe
 industry
 demand
 signals
 of


where
 we
 can
 forecast
 lots
 of
 demand


where
 it
 is
 potential
 that
 there
 will
 be


other
 customers
 beyond
 us
 in
 the
 you


know
 near
 to
 midterm
 and
 that's
 what


we're
 going
 to
 be
 doing
 in
 the
 near


future
 with
 the
 moon
 base.
 I
 mean
 you're


going to
 have
 lots
 of
 launches.
 I
 mean


lots
 of
 launches,
 lots
 of
 landers,
 lots


of
 rovers.
 And
 that's
 going to
 be
 an


opportunity
 to
 experiment
 again
 with


comms,
 navigation,
 insitue
 resource


manufacturing,
 scientific
 experiments,


habitation,


um
 you
 know,
 power
 like
 we
 are
 going
 to


be
 able
 to
 give
 demand
 signals
 so


industry
 knows
 where
 uh
 to
 concentrate


their
 resource.
 They'll
 just
 say
 when
 we


do
 it,
 we're
 going
 to
 do
 it
 with
 lots
 of


littles,
 iterative
 way,
 and
 not
 uh
 not


jump
 to
 the
 to
 the
 dream
 state
 because


that's
 uh
 that's
 where
 no
 one
 wins.
 Um


the
 taxpayers
 don't
 win.
 No
 one
 gets
 the


capabilities
 they
 want
 in
 the
 timeline


timelines
 that
 we
 require
 them.

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**Interviewer**: 是的，NASA 一直处于最前沿。多年来，在公共私营伙伴关系和合同思维转变方面，一直是这种情况。那么，这种合作将如何继续？

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**Interviewer**: >> Yeah.
 I
 mean
 NASA's
 really
 been
 on
 the


forefront.
 This
 has
 been
 the
 case
 for
 a


number
 of
 years
 in
 terms
 of
 public


private
 partnerships
 and
 thinking


differently
 about
 contracting.
 So
 how


does
 that
 continue?

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**Administrator**: 它会继续下去，因为我们不能孤军奋战。毫无疑问。目前，这是美国太空计划历史上最具竞争力、最健康的商业航天产业。当我们 J 需要发射时，有很多公司可以购买发射服务。当我们 J 需要着陆器时，有很多公司可以购买着陆器。我们需要在月球周围的通信、观测和导航能力。有许多公司有能力为此竞争。这很好。所以，我们将再次，我认为人们不必等太久。我们将发出我们所需的需求信号。我很高兴我们拥有，再次强调，技术最先进、资金最雄厚、资本最充足的行业，随时准备满足需求。

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**Administrator**: >> It
 does
 continue
 like
 we
 we
 we
 can't
 go


at
 this
 alone.
 I
 mean
 there
 is
 there
 is


no
 question.
 I
 mean
 right
 now
 this
 is


the
 most
 competitive
 healthy
 commercial


space
 industry
 in
 the
 history
 of


America's
 space
 program
 right
 now.
 When


we
 need
 launch
 there's
 lots
 of
 companies


we
 can
 buy
 launch
 from.
 When
 we
 need


landers
 lots
 of
 companies
 we
 buy


landers.
 We
 need
 comms
 and
 observation


navigation
 capabilities
 around
 the
 moon.


There's
 multiple
 companies
 that
 are


capable
 of
 competing
 for
 it.
 This
 is


good.
 Um
 so
 we
 will
 again
 we
 I
 don't


think
 people
 have
 long
 to
 wait.
 We'll


put
 the
 demand
 signal
 out
 there
 for
 what


we
 require.
 And
 I'm
 grateful
 that
 we


have,
 you
 know,
 again,
 the
 most


technologically
 advanced,
 well
 financed,


capitalized
 industry
 ready
 to
 meet
 the


need.

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### 地外生命探索

**Interviewer**: 地球以外的生命。你认为我们会找到它吗？

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**Interviewer**: >> Life
 elsewhere.
 Do
 you
 think
 we're
 going


to
 find
 it?

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**Administrator**: 你问我是否认为我们会找到它吗？我想说，如果我们从**火星**带回样本——这是一个人们一直在询问的项目，在前任政府期间被取消了，因为它非常昂贵——我认为有极大的可能性你会直接找到微生物生命的证据。我认为找到这种生命的几率非常大。但是，我认为无论我们着陆多少个进行分析的机器人任务，无论它们能发回信息说‘是的，有90%的几率那里有东西’，除非我们真的带回样本并做出确凿的结论，否则没人会相信。但我想说，我不知道你们其他人怎么想，但如果你曾经在深夜和朋友喝鸡尾酒，抬头看星星，然后说：“生命在那里吗？”人们通常会说：“肯定有。”我的意思是，你有两万亿个星系，它们中有多少恒星？又有多少恒星可能在宜居带内形成了行星？是的，我敢打赌。但如果你确实发现了微生物生命的证据，在某个时候，当你把那些样本带回火星时，你知道，我们有**欧罗巴快船**任务在那里寻找生命。我们将在2028年发射一架**核动力八旋翼无人机**去**泰坦**寻找生命。如果你开始从太阳系内其他行星获得生物信号，它将完全改变局面，从‘肯定有’变成‘万一它们无处不在’，而且可能在我们有生之年能够证明这一点。

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**Administrator**: >> Uh,
 do
 I
 think
 we're
 going
 to
 find
 it?
 I


would
 say
 that
 if
 we
 went
 and
 uh
 brought


the
 samples
 back
 from
 Mars,
 um,
 which
 is


a
 program
 that
 people
 have
 been
 asking


about
 for
 a
 while,
 was
 canceled
 under


the
 last
 administration
 because
 it
 was


super
 expensive.
 Um,
 I
 think
 the
 odds


are
 extremely
 good
 you'd
 have
 uh
 direct


evidence
 of
 uh
 uh
 once
 microbial
 life.
 I


think
 the
 odds
 are
 really
 good
 of
 that


which
 um
 but
 I
 don't
 I
 don't
 think
 no


matter
 how
 many
 robotic
 missions
 we
 land


that
 are
 doing
 analysis
 that's
 that


phone
 home
 and
 say
 yeah
 it's
 like
 90%


chance
 there
 was
 something
 there
 that


anyone
 will
 buy
 it
 until
 we
 actually


bring
 the
 the
 samples
 back
 and
 make
 a


conclusive
 statement.
 But
 what
 I
 will


say,
 I
 don't
 know
 about
 the
 rest
 of
 you


guys,
 but
 if
 you're
 ever,
 you
 know,
 the


late
 night
 having
 having
 cocktails
 with


friends
 and
 looking
 up
 at
 the
 stars
 and


being
 like,
 "Is
 life
 out
 there?"
 Right?


And
 people
 generally
 say,
 "Surely
 it


must
 be
 somewhere."
 I
 mean,
 we,
 you


know,
 you
 got
 two
 trillion
 galaxies
 and


how
 many
 stars
 are
 in
 them?
 And
 how
 many


of
 them
 probably
 had
 planet
 formations


within
 a
 Goldilock
 zone?
 Yeah,
 I'll
 take


that
 bet.
 But
 if
 you
 do
 find
 proof
 of


microbial
 life
 uh
 at
 some
 point
 on
 on


Mars
 when
 you
 bring
 those
 samples
 back,


you
 know,
 we
 have
 missions
 to
 Europa


Clipper
 that
 are
 out
 there
 searching
 for


life.
 You've
 got
 a
 octacopter,


nuclearpowered
 octacopter
 that
 we're


launching
 to
 Titan
 in
 2028
 searching
 for


life.
 If
 you
 start
 getting
 bio


signatures
 um
 you
 know
 from
 from
 other


worlds
 within
 our
 solar
 system,
 it


changes
 the
 dynamic
 entirely
 from
 like


surely
 it
 must
 be
 out
 there
 somewhere
 to


what
 if
 it's
 everywhere
 and
 and
 it
 might


be
 possible
 in
 our
 lifetimes
 to
 prove


that.

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**Interviewer**: 好的，我们时间到了。最后一个快速问题：在你结束政府任期后，你还会再次进入太空吗？或者也许在任职期间？

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**Interviewer**: >> Okay,
 we're
 out
 of
 time.
 One
 one
 quick


kicker
 question
 for
 you.
 You
 going
 to
 go


back
 to
 space
 at
 some
 point


>> after
 you're
 done
 serving
 in
 the


government
 or
 maybe
 while
 you
 are.

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**Administrator**: 我认为未来几年我会非常忙碌，但我们会拭目以待。谢谢。这就是想法，对吧？我们正努力向所有人开放。值得庆幸的是，你得到了行业的支持，投入了大量的资源……

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<summary>Original English</summary>

**Administrator**: >> I
 think
 I'm
 going
 to
 be
 very
 busy
 the


next
 uh
 couple
 years
 but
 uh
 we'll
 see.


Thank
 you.
 That's
 the
 idea,
 right?
 We're


trying
 to
 be
 able
 to
 open
 it
 up
 for


everyone
 and
 thankfully
 you
 got
 industry


putting


>> lots
 of
 good
 resource
 into
 uh
 bringing


space
 from
 the
 few
 to
 the
 many.
 So

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**Interviewer**: **Jared Isaacman**，NASA局长，非常感谢你。

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<summary>Original English</summary>

**Interviewer**: >> Jared
 Isaacman,
 administrator
 of
 NASA,


thank
 you
 so
 much.

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**Administrator**: 谢谢。

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**Administrator**: >> Thank
 you.

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