日本計劃2030年依靠美國實現載人登月

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) revealed its ambitious plan for a Japanese astronaut to set foot on the moon around 2030.

日前，日本宇宙航空研究開發機構公佈了其將在2030年把一位日本宇航員送上月球的雄心勃勃的計劃。

According to the outline presented at an education ministry committee meeting, JAXA wants to investigate the possible presence of deposits of water or ice around the moon's south pole.

根據在教育部委員會會議上的規劃，JAXA希望調查月球南極附近的沉積水或冰存在的可能性。

This is set to begin from 2022 through an international cooperative effort to find out whether the deposits of water or ice could be collected to use as fuel for a spacecraft.

通過國際合作與努力，該計劃將從2022年起啓動，以探測月球上的沉積水或冰是否能被收集起來，以用來作爲宇宙飛船的燃料。

The next step would be to develop technology to utilize water as fuel, which JAXA hopes would become an internationally valuable asset.

下一步就是研究將水轉化成燃料的科技，JAXA希望這能成爲一項全球性的寶貴財富。

But rather than developing its own manned space rocket, and shoot to the moon, JAXA plans on a much shorter trip.

但是，JAXA並不是開發自己的載人火箭併發射到月球，而是打算走捷徑。

It hopes that a U.S. space station planned to go into lunar orbit will allow Japanese astronauts to hop off and on to the moon around 2030.

該機構希望計劃進入月球軌道的美國空間站，在2030年時能允許日本宇航員離艙並登陸月球。