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身穿黑色皮夹克,留着复古的连鬓胡须,“太空船一号”的设计者伯茨·鲁坦在美国国会议员面前娓娓道来他的太空梦。受到去年底美国圣路易斯“X奖金”基金会1000万美元奖金的鼓舞,鲁坦近日宣布,他要将普通人带入太空。人人太空走一遭“我知道眼下很多人说遨游太空只是富人的游戏,”鲁坦在国会关于开拓私人太空游市场的听证会上说,“但是我一点也不觉得尴尬,就像一开始私人计算机的发明也是为了游戏一样。”鲁坦目前正和维尔京航空公司进行多方面合作,包括制造5艘太空船,
Dressed in a black leather jacket and with a retro beard, Bert Rutan, the designer of “SpaceShipOne,” scolded the US Congressman for his dream of space. Encouraged by the US$10 million prize from the St. Louis “X Bonus” Foundation at the end of last year, Rutan announced recently that he would bring ordinary people into space. Everyone walks in space. “I know that many people nowadays say that jumping into space is just a game for the rich,” Rutan said in a congressional hearing on exploring the private space travel market. “But I don’t feel embarrassed at all, just like The invention of the private computer was also for the sake of the game." Rutan is currently working in various ways with Virgin Atlantic Airlines, including the manufacture of five spacecrafts.