中英對照讀新聞─President Trump relaunches the 1960s era space council 總統川普重啟1960年代的太空委員會

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President Donald Trump is bringing back the National Space Council, a group formed 60 years ago aimed at coordinating the nation’s activities beyond Earth. But with NASA still without an administrator, it’s not yet clear what this means for Trump’s vision for space exploration.

（美國）總統唐納．川普正將「國家太空委員會」帶回現代，該組織創立於60年前，旨在協調國家在超出地球範圍以外的行動。但美國國家航太總署（NASA）仍未有署長，尚不清楚這對川普的太空探索願景意味著什麼。

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An executive order signed on June 30 appoints Vice President Mike Pence chairman of the resurrected advisory body, which will also include the secretaries of state, defense, commerce, transportation and homeland security; the NASA administrator; the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and several other government officials. The order also called for the establishment of a "Users’ Advisory Group" composed of representatives from states and private industry.

一項6月30日簽署的行政命令，任命副總統麥克．彭斯成為該復活諮詢機關的主席，組織成員包括國務卿、國防部長、商務部長、運輸部長、國土安全部長、國家航太總署署長、美軍參謀首長聯席會議主席，以及其他數名政府官員。該項行政命令也要求建立由各洲和私人企業代表組成的「使用者諮詢小組」。

"We’re going to lead again," Trump said. "It’s been a long time, over 25 years, and we’re opening up and we’re going to lead again like we never led before… The next great American frontier is space."

「我們將再度領先，」川普說。「已經有很長一段時間，超過25年，我們正在開拓，並將再度取得前所未有的領先…未來偉大美國的新墾地是太空。」

新聞辭典

The National Space Council：名詞，（美國）國家太空委員會。例句：The National Space Council was first created during the Eisenhower administration, with the aim of making sure there was someone close to the president to coordinate national policy on space.（國家太空委員會最早創立於艾森豪執政時期，目的是確保有親近總統的人士協調國家的太空政策。）

exploration：名詞，探索、探勘。例句：Efficient asteroid mining would jump-start a space economy and bring down costs for exploration, guiding humans into a modern space age.（高效率的小行星採礦將快速啟動太空經濟，降低探勘的成本，引領人類邁進摩登太空時代。）

frontier：名詞，邊界、新墾地、尚待開發的領域。例句：Asteroid mining could be space’s new frontier.（小行星採礦可能是太空的新領域。）