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2024考研英语同源外刊4月:SpaceX火箭发射几分钟后爆炸

SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight Thursday and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. It carried no people or satellites.

周四，太空探索技术公司的巨型新型火箭在首次试飞升空几分钟后爆炸，坠入墨西哥湾。埃隆·马斯克的公司的目标是从靠近墨西哥边境的德克萨斯州南端发射近400英尺(120米)长的星舰火箭进行环球旅行。它没有搭载人或卫星。

Images showed several of the 33 main engines were not firing as the rocket climbed from the launch pad, reaching as high as 24 miles (39 kilometers). There was no immediate word from SpaceX on how many engines failed to ignite or shut down prematurely. The booster was supposed to peel away from the spacecraft minutes after liftoff, but that didn't happen. The rocket began to tumble and then exploded four minutes into the flight, plummeting into the gulf. After separating, the spacecraft was supposed to attempt to circle the world, before crashing into the Pacific near Hawaii.

图像显示，当火箭从发射台爬升到24英里(39公里)的高度时，33个主发动机中有几个没有点火。SpaceX没有立即透露有多少引擎未能点火或过早关闭。助推器本应在升空几分钟后脱离航天器，但这并没有发生。火箭开始坠落，在飞行四分钟后爆炸，坠入墨西哥湾。分离后，航天器本应尝试环绕地球飞行，然后坠入夏威夷附近的太平洋。

Throngs of spectators watched from South Padre Island, several miles away from the Boca Chica Beach launch site, which was off limits. As it lifted off, the crowd screamed: “Go, baby, go!” Musk, in a tweet, called it “an exciting test launch of Starship! Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months.” In the weeks leading up to the flight, Musk gave 50-50 odds that the spacecraft would reach orbit. “You never know exactly what’s going to happen," said SpaceX livestream commentator and engineer John Insprucker. “But as we promised, excitement is guaranteed and Starship gave us a rather spectacular end.”

在距离禁区博卡奇卡海滩发射场几英里远的南帕德雷岛，成群的观众观看发射现场。当它升空时，人群尖叫着:“加油，宝贝，加油!”马斯克在推特上称其为“一次激动人心的星舰测试发射!为几个月后的下一次测试发射学到了很多东西。”在飞行前的几周，马斯克认为航天器进入轨道的可能性是50%。SpaceX直播解说员兼工程师约翰·英斯普鲁克说：“你永远不会知道接下来会发生什么。但正如我们所承诺的那样，兴奋是有保证的，星舰给了我们一个相当壮观的结局。”

 

单词

SpaceX 太空探索技术公司(美国的太空运输公司);

giant rocket 重型火箭，巨型火箭;

explode/ɪkˈsploʊd/ vi. 爆炸;爆破;

launch/lɔːntʃ/ n. (航天器的)发射;(产品的)上市;(事件的)发起;

blast off (导弹、火箭、航天飞机等)发射，升空，起飞;

crash into 闯入;撞到…上;

Gulf of Mexico 墨西哥湾(位于北美东南部边缘);

Starship/ˈstɑːrʃɪp/ n. 星舰;

round-the-world/'raund ðə wə:ld/ adj. 环球的;环游世界的;

tip/tɪp/ n. 尖端;尖儿;端;

satellite/ˈsætəlaɪt/ n. 卫星;

main engines 主机，主发动机;

fire/ˈfaɪər/ vi. 点火;发动;

launch pad 发射台;

ignite/ɪɡˈnaɪt/ vi. 点燃，燃烧;

shut down 关闭，故障;

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