杰夫贝佐斯太空飞行中的82岁乘客仍计划参加维珍银河之旅

　　The 82-year-old passenger on Jeff Bezos＂ spaceflight still plans to take the Virgin Galactic trip she paid $200,000 for over a decade ago杰夫·贝佐斯 (Jeff Bezos) 太空飞行中的 82 岁乘客仍计划参加她十多年前支付了 20 万美元的维珍银河之旅
　　When Wally Funk blasts off aboard Blue Origin＂s New Shepard rocket next week, it＂ll be her first time heading to space — but it seems it won＂t be her last. 当沃利·芬克下周登上蓝色起源的新谢泼德火箭时，这将是她第一次前往太空——但这似乎不会是她的最后一次。
　　Funk is an 82-year-old aviator who was invited by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to be the fourth passenger on his spaceflight on July 20. But over a decade ago, Funk paid $200,000 for a future ride on Virgin Galactic＂s suborbital plane, according to The Guardian — and it seems she has no intention of giving up her seat.Funk 是一名 82 岁的飞行员，7 月 20 日，亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝佐斯 (Jeff Bezos) 邀请她成为他太空飞行中的第四位乘客。 但据卫报报道，十多年前，Funk 支付了 20 万美元用于未来乘坐维珍银河的亚轨道飞机 ——看来她无意让座。
　　Blue Origin＂s New Shepard spacecraft — which was cleared for takeoff by the FAAon Monday — is scheduled for liftoff at 9 a.m. ET on July 20. Blue Origin 的 New Shepard 航天器计划于美国东部时间 7 月 20 日上午 9 点起飞，该航天器已于周一被美国联邦航空局批准起飞。
　　The flight will take Bezos 62 miles above Earth, to the edge of space. Inside the spacecraft, Bezos and his fellow passengers will have three minutes to float around and view Earth from afar or gaze into the depths of outer space.此次飞行将把贝索斯带到地球上空 62 英里的太空边缘。 在飞船内，贝索斯和他的乘客将有三分钟的时间漂浮在空中，从远处观察地球或凝视外太空的深处。
　　While Blue Origin＂s mission will be a major milestone — it＂s the first time the company has sent human passengers into space — it has since been slightly eclipsed by Virgin Galactic and its billionaire founder, Richard Branson. 虽然蓝色起源的任务将是一个重要的里程碑——这是该公司第一次将人类乘客送入太空——但它已经被维珍银河及其亿万富翁创始人理查德布兰森略微黯然失色。
　　On Sunday, Branson and three crewmates flew 55 miles above Earth aboard Virgin＂s space plane, floated in zero gravity for about five minutes, then returned safely to Earth. 周日，布兰森和三名机组人员乘坐维珍太空飞机在地球上空 55 英里处飞行，在零重力下漂浮了大约五分钟，然后安全返回地球。
　　Branson＂s flight — which beat Bezos＂ by nine days, a fact Branson called ＂an incredible, wonderful coincidence＂ — seemed to rankle Blue Origin, which claimed the flight wouldn＂t go high enough to truly count. 布兰森的飞行——比贝佐斯的飞行快 9 天，布兰森称之为＂一个令人难以置信的奇妙巧合＂——似乎激怒了蓝色起源，它声称飞行高度不足以真正计算。
　　Still, Virgin plans to start offering suborbital flights to space tourists next year, and has already sold 600 tickets to hopeful space tourists, including SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk — and, of course, Funk. 尽管如此，维珍航空计划明年开始向太空游客提供亚轨道飞行，并且已经向有希望的太空游客出售了 600 张门票，其中包括 SpaceX 和特斯拉首席执行官埃隆马斯克——当然还有 Funk。