Quora精选：宇航员执行一次太空任务能挣多少钱？

Answered by Clayton C. Anderson

Clayton C. Anderson 回答：

Not too much! Truthfully, we only get a small "per diem" for our time on the International Space Station (ISS). I believe my bank account had a deposit for about $172.00 US after my 152 days in space! That comes out to about $1.20/day! But when you consider that we have room and board provided, and we are not going out for dinner and drinks every night, it's probably a reasonable (but cheap!) government estimate. Our MI&E (meals, incidentals and expenses) don't amount to much while we are sailing around the Earth at 17,500 mph! Overall, we receive our normal annual salary whether we fly in space or not, and—as you can clearly see—we don't get much extra when we do fly.

不太多！真的，我们只能根据在国际空间站的工作时间拿到一些津贴而已。我记得，有一次在太空工作了152天以后，我的银行账户里只多了172美元！平均起来不过每天1.20美元左右！但是考虑到食宿全免，每天晚上又不出去大吃大喝，这差不多也算是一笔合理（但还是太少了）的政府预算。当我们以17,500英里的时速绕地球航行时，各项开支（含伙食费、杂费、花销等）其实并不大。总之，不管我们有没有执行太空飞行任务，我们都能拿到正常的年薪。同时你也看到了，即使在我们执行任务期间，基本也没有多少额外补贴。

I recall while on ISS talking this subject with my Russian crew mates. While not divulging too many details, I learned that their annual salary was about $6000 US.

我想起来，有一回在国际空间站跟一俄国同行聊到过这个话题。他没透露太多细节，但我了解到他们的年薪大概是6000美元。

Now you know why they are so interested in flying multiple times. It can be a big advantage to their pocket books! In addition, if they performed tasks that weren't on the originally developed timeline/manifest (a manual Progress docking for example), they would also receive additional funds. I speculated that this was another reason why they were very cordial with the ground, no matter how upset they were in orbit... They didn't want to upset anyone and jeopardize their pay. Too bad the US didn't do it that way... I might have kept my mouth shut a bit more!

现在你知道俄罗斯宇航员为什么那么热衷于太空飞行了吧。这样就能挣到很多补贴啊！此外，如果他们执行了非计划内的任务（比如说手动前进对接），他们还能拿到额外补助。我想这也是为什么不管他们在太空执行任务时多么烦躁沮丧，在与地面控制人员通讯时却一直保持非常亲切友好的态度。他们不想跟别人过不去，也不想跟钱过不去。可惜美国没有这么做……不然我可能会早点闭嘴的！

Remember, that I flew on ISS way back in 2007, so the numbers have probably changed (gone higher). Keep lookin' up!

注意，我是2007年从国际空间站回来的，所以现在的工资数目应该有所上涨。继续加油吧！