月球归谁？中美之间的竞争已经延伸到太空

DAY 155

2022.09.19

Source: bloombergopinion

来源：彭博社观点

Title: A US-China battle on the moon is possible, and avoidable

标题：《中美在月球上的争夺是有可能的，也是可以避免的》

NASA几周前在发布一份月球着陆和探索地点的清单时发现，这些地点也是中国探月计划的考虑对象

Who owns the moon?

谁拥有月球？

The question sounds preposterous, but a few weeks ago NASA stumbled into it by releasing a list of potential lunar landing and exploration sites for its upcoming Artemis missions. It turns out that some of those sites are also being considered by the Chinese space program for its ambitious lunar exploration program.

听起来很荒谬，但几周前，美国国家航空航天局(NASA)偶然发现了这个问题，当时他们为即将到来的阿耳特弥斯(Artemis)任务发布了一份潜在的月球着陆和探索地点的清单，而事实证明，其中一些地点也是中国太空计划中雄心勃勃的探月计划的考虑对象。

Both countries envision the moon - and those sites - as possible locations for long-term settlements and resource exploitation.

两国都将月球和这些地点视为长期定居和资源开发的可能地点。

As advancing technology and ambition enables countries and companies to seek out the most promising landing sites, plans will inevitably overlap. Without trust and a means to manage competing claims, the long-term human quest to explore and settle the moon could stall - or even devolve into conflict.

随着先进的技术和雄心使国家和公司能够寻找最有前途的着陆点，各种计划之间将不可避免地出现重叠。如果没有信任，以及管理相互竞争的主张的手段，人类探索和定居月球的长期追求可能会停滞——甚至演变成冲突。

Keywords:关键字词：

Avoidable 可避免的；可回避的

Preposterous 荒谬的；可笑的；反常的

Stumble 偶然发现；碰巧找到

Lunar 月球的

Upcoming 即将来临的

Envision 想象；预想

Settlements 定居点

Exploitation 开发；开采

Enable 使能够；使可能

Seek 搜寻；寻找

Promising 有前景的；有希望的

Overlap 重叠

Claim 声称；断言；主张

Stall 熄火；停滞；抛锚

Devolve 移交；发展为

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