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由一位前NASA官员创办的直觉机器有限责任公司正在研制一种小型飞行器,称为“地面返回飞行器”(TRV),拟用来把实验样品从国际空间站送回地球。公司总裁阿尔特默斯10月27日说,他们开展该项目是为了设法改善空间站利用工作,解决站上实验样品回运难的问题。目前只有太空探索公司的“龙”货运飞船和俄罗斯的联盟号载人飞船能够把站上物品运回地球,而后者的货运能力很有限。阿尔特默斯曾任NASA约翰逊航天中心副主任,去年创办了直觉机器公司。
Intuitive Machine LLC, which was founded by a former NASA official, is developing a small aircraft called the Ground Return Vehicle (TRV) intended to return experimental samples from the International Space Station back to Earth. Company president Altmes said on 27 October that they are working on the project to find ways to improve the utilization of the space station and to solve the problem of hard-to-ship experimental samples on the station. Currently only space exploration company “Dragon” cargo spacecraft and Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft can bring the station’s items back to Earth, while the latter’s cargo capacity is limited. Artemos served as deputy director of the NASA Johnson Space Center and founded Intuitive Machine Company last year.