受全球探月热的影响,英国实施太空探索的机构——粒子物理和天文研究委员会(PPARC)制定了自己的无人探月计划。英国科学家希望将这项探月计划打造成一次全英式的奔月探险。在这项耗资近2亿英镑的计划中,英国准备在2010年之前向月球发射两颗探测器,任务是探索生命起源和宇宙演化的历史。 Affected by the world’s lunar exploration month, the UK’s space exploration agency, the Particle Physics and Astronomical Research Council (PPARC), has developed its own unmanned lunar exploration program. British scientists hope to make this lunar exploration plan a full-moon adventure to the moon. In this plan, which costs nearly 200 million pounds, Britain plans to launch two detectors on the moon by 2010 with the task of exploring the origins of life and the history of cosmic evolution.