太空旅客幸运儿，在摩托车事故中丧生

太空旅客幸运儿在摩托车事故中丧生

South African Mandla Maseko - also known as Spaceboy and Afronaut - beat a million people to win a seat on a sub-orbital trip sponsored by the Axe Apollo Space Academy. It would have made him the first black African in space.

南非宇航员曼德拉·马塞科(Mandla Maseko)击败了100万人，赢得了由埃克斯·阿波罗太空学院(Axe Apollo Space Academy)赞助的亚轨道旅行的席位，他本来有望成为第一个进入太空的非洲黑人。

"It is with deep sadness that the Maseko family confirms that Mandla Maseko tragically passed away in a bike accident last night, July 6 2019," a family spokesperson said in a media release on Sunday (local time).

当地时间周日，马塞科一家在一份新闻稿中表示:“马塞科一家怀着深深的悲痛向大家证实，曼拉·马塞科于2019年7月6日晚在一场摩托车事故中不幸去世。”

"Maseko will be sorely missed. May Mandla Maseko's kind and beautiful soul rest in eternal peace."

“马塞科将被深深地怀念。愿曼德拉·马塞科善良美丽的灵魂永远安息。”

Maseko born in the Soshanguve township near Pretoria, the son of a school cleaner and auto tool maker. The part-time DJ's win was a source of national pride and made him a hero to young people in Africa.

马塞科出生在比勒陀利亚附近的索尚古夫镇，父亲是一名学校清洁工和汽车工具制造商。这位兼职DJ的胜利，使他成为非洲年轻人的英雄，是民族自豪感的源泉。

"I wanted to do something that will motivate and inspire the youth of South Africa and Africa as a whole, and hopefully to some extent, the youth worldwide and show that it doesn't matter what background you come from, you can have whatever you want as long as you put hard work and determination into it," he told the BBC in January.

“我想做一些能激励和鼓舞整个南非和非洲青年的事情，希望在某种程度上能激励和鼓舞全世界的青年，无论你来自什么背景，只要你努力工作和有决心，你就可以拥有你想要的任何东西。”一月份他在接受BBC采访时表示。

His death has left South Africa in mourning, and social media has been filled with tributes for Maseko.

他的去世让南非举国哀悼，社交媒体上也充满了对马塞科的悼念。

"A testimony that our dreams are valid regardless of how far fetched they seem," one person wrote on Twitter.

一位网友在推特上写道:“这证明了我们的梦想是正确的，不管它看起来多么遥远。”

"#RIPMandlaMaseko #RIPAfronaut you're now in #PlanetHeaven, your final destination."

“你现到达了你的最终目的地——天堂机场。”