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面对耗资巨大的航天项目,许多人可能都会有这样的疑问。1970年,一名赞比亚修女Mary Jucunda致信NASA航行中心科学副总监史都林格博士,问了同样问题。史都林格很快回信,NASA随后以《为什么要探索宇宙》为标题将这封真挚的回信发表——亲爱的Mary Jucunda修女:首先,请允许我向你以及你勇敢的姐妹们表达深深的敬意,你们献身于人类最崇高的事业:帮助身处困境的同胞。在详细说明我们的太空项目如何帮助解决地面上的危机之前,我想先简短讲一个
Faced with costly aerospace projects, many people may have such questions. In 1970, a Zambian nun Mary Jucunda sent a letter to Dr. Strudinger, associate director of science at the NASA Navigation Center, and asked the same question. Starlinger quickly replied that NASA subsequently wrote this true letter with the title “Why Want to Explore the Universe?” - Dear Mary Jucunda, Sister: First of all, let me express to you and your brave sisters. Your respects, your devotion to the most noble cause of mankind: helping the compatriots in distress. Before explaining in detail how our space program can help solve the crisis on the ground, I would like to briefly explain one