NASA招宇航员啦
NASA现在正在接受新宇航员的申请
NASA announced Monday that it is accepting applications for new astronauts who could wind up walking on the moon — and maybe even Mars.
NASA周一宣布，他们正在接受新宇航员的申请，这些宇航员最终可能会在月球甚至火星上行走。
The space agency says it’s looking for a few good men and women to fill its ranks as it aims to return to the moon by 2024 and to land on Mars by the mid-2030s.
NASA表示，他们正在寻找一些优秀的男性和女性来填补他们的队伍，他们的目标是在2024年重返月球，并在本世纪30年代中期登陆火星。
“America is closer than any other time in history since the Apollo program to returning astronauts to the Moon. We will send the first woman and next man to the lunar South Pole by 2024, and we need more astronauts to follow suit on the Moon, and then Mars,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine in a release.
“自从阿波罗计划以来，美国比历史上任何时候都更接近于让宇航员重返月球。美国国家航空航天局局长吉姆·布里登斯汀在一份新闻稿中说:“到2024年，我们将把第一位女性宇航员和下一位男性宇航员送往月球南极，我们需要更多的宇航员在月球和火星上追随他们的脚步。”
“We’re looking for talented men and women from diverse backgrounds and every walk of life to join us in this new era of human exploration that begins with the Artemis program to the Moon. If you have always dreamed of being an astronaut, apply now.”
“我们正在寻找来自不同背景和各行各业的有才华的男女加入我们，加入这个人类探索的新时代，这个时代始于阿尔特弥斯的登月计划。如果你一直梦想成为宇航员，现在就申请吧。”
But scoring one of the coveted jobs won’t be a walk in the park. The last time the agency took applications for new astronauts in 2015, 18,300 people applied — and just 11 were selected, CNN reported.
但要得到一份梦寐以求的工作可不是一件容易的事。据美国有线电视新闻网报道，该机构上一次接受新宇航员申请是在2015年，当时申请人数为1.83万人，最终只选出了11人。
Applicants must be US citizens and have an advance degree in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics field, as well as a minimum of two years of “related professional experience,” or at least 1,000 hours piloting a jet.
申请人必须是美国公民，拥有科学、技术、工程或数学领域的高级学位，以及至少两年的“相关专业经验”，或至少1000小时的驾驶飞机经验。
NASA hasn’t landed an astronaut on the moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
自1972年12月阿波罗17号之后，美国宇航局就再也没有宇航员登上过月球。
Aspiring space cadets have until March 31 to begin the application process, with the next class of astronauts to be selected by the middle of next year, the agency said.
该机构表示，有抱负的太空学员必须在3月31日前开始申请程序，下一批宇航员将在明年年中选出。
