Representatives of China and the European Space Agency are discussing potential collaboration on a human outpost on the moon and other possible joint endeavors, according to a spokesman for the European agency and Chinese media reports.
据欧洲航天局一位发言人和中国媒体的消息，来自中方和欧洲航天局的代表正在探讨合作建立月球基地的计划，以及其他可能的合作项目。
The secretary general for China's space agency, Tian Yulong, first disclosed the talks
about the envisioned lunar base in Chinese state media. They were confirmed Wednesday by
Pal Hvistendahl, a spokesman for the European Space Agency, or ESA.
"The Chinese have a very ambitious moon program already in place," Hvistendahl said. "Space has changed since the space race of the '60s. We recognize that to explore space for peaceful purposes, we do international cooperation."
The director general of the 22-member ESA, Johann-Dietrich Woerner, has described its proposed "Moon Village" as a potential international launching pad for future missions to Mars and a chance to develop space tourism or even lunar mining.
China arrived
relatively late to space travel but has
ramped up its program since its first manned spaceflight in 2003, more than 42 years after a
Soviet cosmonaut became the first to reach orbit.
相关单词：collaboration
collaboration解释：n.合作，协作；勾结
collaboration例句：
The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。
相关单词：joint
joint解释：adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
joint例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
相关单词：pal
pal解释：n.朋友，伙伴，同志；vi.结为友
pal例句：
He is a pal of mine.他是我的一个朋友。
Listen,pal,I don't want you talking to my sister any more.听着，小子，我不让你再和我妹妹说话了。
相关单词：relatively
relatively解释：adv.比较...地，相对地
relatively例句：
The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
相关单词：ramped
ramped解释：土堤斜坡( ramp的过去式和过去分词 )； 斜道； 斜路； （装车或上下飞机的）活动梯
ramped例句：
With the arrival of George Lucas, the pace has ramped up. 随着乔治·卢卡斯的到来，速度大大加快。
They also sold corporate bonds as the global financial crisis ramped up. 在全球金融危机加剧之际，他们还抛售了公司债券。
相关单词：Soviet
Soviet解释：adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
Soviet例句：
Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
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