President Barack Obama is set to outline a revamped space policy that will use $6 billion in new funding to create 2,500 new jobs in Florida with the ultimate goal of going to Mars.

美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬將放棄旨在重返月球的“星座計劃”，而將火星作為美國載人航天計劃的最終目的地。美國政府將為這項火星計劃增撥60億美元，而與此同時，也將為佛羅里達州創(chuàng)造2,500個工作崗位。

Mr Obama has been facing criticism over the direction of space policy after NASA officials announced plans in March to kill the Constellation programme that had been designed to launch astronauts into orbit and return Americans to the moon.

“星座計劃”的原計劃任務(wù)是發(fā)射運載火箭，載宇航員實現(xiàn)第二次登月。而當美國宇航局官員宣布將取消這個計劃時，人們紛紛置疑奧巴馬的空間政策是不是走錯了方向。

But White House officials said that President Obama wants NASA to begin work on building a new heavy lift rocket sooner than envisioned under the cancelled Constellation programme, with a commitment to decide in 2015 on the specific rocket that will take astronauts deeper into space.

白宮官員稱，總統(tǒng)奧巴馬要求美宇航局加快新型大型運載火箭的研發(fā)工作，在”星座計劃”取消的情況下，要在2015年之前，完成新型火箭的研發(fā)任務(wù)，運載宇航員向宇宙更深處探索。

"This is a rocket that is going to happen two years earlier than would've happened under the past programme," a senior White House official said.

一位白宮高級官員稱，與“星座計劃”相比，新計劃有望使新型火箭提前兩年面世。

To ease the transition for workers dislocated while the new space strategy is being implemented, Mr Obama is proposing to dedicate $40 million to transform the regional economy around NASA's Florida facilities and prepare its workforce for the new opportunities.

執(zhí)行新宇宙計劃，取消“星座計劃”和美國現(xiàn)役航天飛機群退役可能使9千名專業(yè)技術(shù)人員丟掉工作，為緩解這個矛盾，奧巴馬計劃撥款4000萬美元幫助航天中心附近地區(qū)實施經(jīng)濟模式轉(zhuǎn)型，并向勞動力提供培訓。

"This new strategy means more money for NASA, more jobs for the country, more astronaut time in space, and more investments in innovation," said a senior White House official.

一位白宮高級官員稱，這項新計劃意味著美航天局會有更多資金，美國會增加更多就業(yè)崗位，宇航員能在太空停留更久，國家對鼓勵創(chuàng)新的投資力度變得更大。


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