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招宇航员 要开太空旅馆[文章来自:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ QxM*TQhb2 =H^y8bi]
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美国一家名为“毕格罗宇宙空间”的私人太空度假游公司日前首开先河，对外公开刊登一则广告招聘专业宇航员。这家公司表示，他们计划将来在太空中开设“太空旅馆”，招聘来的宇航员则是旅馆的导游和服务人员。这家公司的创始人明确表示，他们只想要真正在太空中作业过的专业宇航员，满足这一点的人选在全球范围内只有500名。目前，该公司已经发射了2个实验性太空气闸舱至地球轨道。他们表示，未来把旅馆开到太空中，要为客户提供真正“远离尘世”的服务，月球和火星都在他们的计划蓝图之内。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ R~m�@K#+|WZP\iGUFroG]
An American space holiday firm, Bigelow Aerospace, has become the first commercial company to advertise for professional astronauts.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ Nowy G=_a9Qdm#fb3)FroG]
The firm, founded by Bob Bigelow, the head of a budget motel chain in the[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ b^F ^E~{$:x# 2FroG]
Only professionals with space flight experience need apply, which limits the pool of possible applicants worldwide to little more than 500.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ ]ND=D1(\nGE | �ciFroG]
Applicants must also have completed a training program with a government or recognized space agency, such as NASA, and to have flown a space mission.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 5rvqB�K#Cpw?`pYtSFroG]
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He plans to build orbiting hotels to provide out-of-this-world holidays and has his sights set on the Moon and even Mars too.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ }uN'_k IIg !F[ S*FroG]
Bigelow's modules, which can be linked together sausage-style to form a space station, are launched in compact form and then expanded to full size.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ ^M-E)$2#7!kQ[C6FroG]
Space duties spelt out in the job offer include:[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ a7E(0y3n@\ D7-XkzFroG]
* Performing as a professional astronaut aboard the Bigelow Aerospace Station Complex;[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ gGO{KlE_ Y|_FzZ nnFroG]
* Managing all on-board aspects of employee and customer astronaut personal safety;[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 9q?5 fU Q 8ClFroG]
* Maintaining the space stations inside but with some spacewalks too; and[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ f {D{ ~ASz.BMeFroG]
* Helping clients with payloads or experiments.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ MZXLtIU& %tR)[e"FroG]
On Earth the spacemen will train new astronauts and operate mission control.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 5N\CU`2? wuJGqh D2FroG]
Mr Bigelow, who made his fortune from Budget Suites of America, is aiming to bring the cost of a ticket to space down to £30,000-£60,000.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ G,hO:0e](A?C7wjP vFroG]
His other big ideas include a cruise ship to carry 100 passengers and 50 crew on a trip around the moon.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ XPrkv&};SLv3fDBjFFroG]
As well as the unspecified number of astronauts' positions the company has 44 other job offers on its website.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ '(^m&a1UY\~�y9?FroG]
They are likely to appeal to NASA staff uncertain about the future after President Obama cancelled any return to the Moon.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ MFS;je7oT8'|-BgD`+FroG]
With NASA's shuttle fleet scheduled to be retired at the end of this year and no successor craft on the near horizon, thousands of workers expect to lose their jobs.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ C )'ifAug^%?#&K FroG]
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