Planting the Stars and Stripes on the Red Planet would manifest the US’s “destiny into the stars,” the new president says

新總統(tǒng)表示,將星條旗插上紅色星球?qū)Ⅲw現(xiàn)美國“進入星際的命運”。

US President Donald Trump pledged to send American astronauts to Mars during his inaugural address on Monday.
Colonization of the Red Planet is an important goal, given that “ambition is the lifeblood of a great nation,” Trump asserted.
“We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars,” he said.

美國總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普在周一的就職演講中承諾,將派遣美國宇航員前往火星。特朗普強調(diào),殖民紅色星球是一個重要目標,因為“雄心是偉大國家的生命線”。
他說:“我們將追求進入星際的命運,發(fā)射美國宇航員將星條旗插上火星。”

The message appeared have garnered the approval of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who was seen raising two thumbs up over the Mars remark, which also won an applause from the audience. Musk has been a longtime proponent of colonizing Mars and has repeatedly promised to send humans there at some point.

這一信息似乎得到了特斯拉和SpaceX首席執(zhí)行官埃隆·馬斯克的認可,他在火星相關言論中舉起了雙手點贊,觀眾也為此鼓掌。馬斯克一直是火星殖民的長期支持者,并多次承諾將人類送上火星。

During Trump’s election campaign, Musk used Mars colonization as one of the talking points to back the Republican nominee, arguing that “we will never reach Mars” if Joe Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris, were to win the November election.

在特朗普的競選活動期間,馬斯克曾將火星殖民作為支持共和黨候選人的話題之一,認為如果喬·拜登的副總統(tǒng)卡馬拉·哈里斯在11月的選舉中獲勝,“我們將永遠無法到達火星”。

Late last year, Musk gave his estimates on when SpaceX could land on the Red Planet, while admitting that American astronauts may not make it to Mars during Trump’s presidential tenure.

去年底,馬斯克估計了SpaceX何時能夠登陸火星,同時承認美國宇航員可能無法在特朗普的總統(tǒng)任期內(nèi)到達火星。

“Uncrewed Starships landing on Mars in 2 years, perhaps with crewed versions passing near Mars, and crewed Starships heading there in 4 years are all possible,” he wrote in a series of posts on X.
Musk also argued against representative democracy for the Red Planet, suggesting that those who colonize it should choose another form of governance. “The Martians will decide how they are ruled. I recommend direct, rather than representative, democracy,” Musk suggested.

他在X平臺上的一系列帖子中寫道:“兩年內(nèi)無人星艦登陸火星,或許帶有載人的星艦靠近火星,四年內(nèi)載人的星艦前往火星都是可能的?!?br /> 馬斯克還對火星的代議制民主提出異議,建議殖民者應選擇另一種治理方式。他表示:“火星人將決定如何治理他們。我建議采用直接民主,而非代議制民主?!?br />