Four decades after the last astronauts landed on the moon and planted an American flag in lunar soil, scientists wondered: “Does that star spangled banner yet wave?”
The most recent photos of the moon taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera show that the flags still exist——except the one planted by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin after they became the first humans to touch the lunar surface July 20, 1969.
The conditions on the surface of the moon are harsh. Temperatures swing between 250 and -280 degrees Fahrenheit.
It was feared the flags would be lost due to the rough lunar environment.
在最后一名宇航員登陸月球并在地面插上美國國旗四十年之后,科學家在想:“星條旗依然舞動著嗎?”
美國航天局月球勘測軌道飛行器照相機最新照片顯示,國旗仍然矗立著——除了尼爾·阿姆斯特朗和巴茲·奧爾德林插下的那面國旗不見了,他們于1969年7月20日成為第一個登上月球的人類。
月球表面條件惡劣。溫度早晨可達到242華氏度,晚間可達零下280華氏度。
有人擔心惡劣的月球環境會致使國旗丟失。
六面國旗只剩下五面了,還有一面被誰拿走了呢?外星人?擎天柱?基地組織?城管?……你覺得呢?
Vocabulary重點詞匯
spangled 裝飾著……的
Reconnaissance n. 偵查,搜查,勘察隊
Orbiter n. 軌道飛行器
Fahrenheit n. 華氏溫度計 adj.華氏的