Mission Red Planet的意思|示意

The Spirit and Opportunity rovers landed on the Red Planet in January 2004 for what was to be a 90-day mission, but which has lasted 6 Earth years, or 3.2 Mars years.

勇气号与机遇号探测器在2004年1月登上这红色星球，计划执行一项为期90天的任务，结果这任务持续了地球历6年，或者说3.2个火星年。

Nonetheless, the crew members will know that, if a mission to the Red Planet ever does take place, they will have played a significant part in it.

尽管如此，机组人员会明白，如果前往红色星球的任务真的会发生的话，他们将在其中扮演一个举足轻重的角色。

The Mars 500 mission, a simulated mission to the Red Planet in a mock spaceship, will carry out a Mars walk.

在模拟飞船中飞到红色星球的火星500任务，将进行火星行走任务。

Scientists want to bring a chunk of the red planet down to Earth on what's called a sample-return mission.

科学家们希望将这颗红色星球的一大块带回地球，进行所谓的取样返回任务。

A crewed mission to the red planet is a daunting challenge that lies at the edge of current technological capabilities and possibly beyond.

载人登陆到那个红色的行星上是一个令人畏惧的挑战，它处于当前技术能力所及的边缘，或者超过了当前的技术能力。

I can still teach you how to play Red Planet at a Virtual World ten years after I flew my last mission. I can recite the sales pitch word for word.

在我“金盆洗 手”十多年后，我仍能教你如何在一个虚拟的世界里扮演火星[译者注：作 者在从事这份工作时，向购买者所做的演示]，一字不差地背诵那些销售秘诀（如：它仅为一杯啤酒的价格等）。