[0x0C] Making Life Multi-planeta

Mars Mission Goals | 火星任务目标

We are targeting our first cargo missions in 2022 —— that's not a typo, although it is aspirational. we've already started building the system —— the tooling for the main tanks has been ordered, the facility is being built and we will start construction of the first ship around the second quarter of next year. In about six to nine months we should start building the first ship. I feel fairly confident that we can complete the ship and be ready for a launch in about five years.

我们把首次火星送货任务定于2022年 —— 别以为我打错数字（typo），尽管（albeit）这计划看起来是如此雄心勃勃且具有挑战性（aspirational）。我们已经开始打造整套系统 —— 主油槽的模具（tooling）已经成功下单，生产设备（facility）正在制造中，预计2018年第二季度也就是大约6-9个月后我们就会开始建造第一艘BFR。我非常（fairly）有信心可以做好这些飞船，并于5年后发射升空。

Five years seems like a long time to me. The area under the curve of resources over that period of time should enable this time frame to be met, but if not this time frame, I think pretty soon thereafter. But that is our goal, to try to make the 2022 Mars rendezvous. The Earth-Mars synchronization happens roughly every two years, so every two years there is an opportunity to fly to mars.

五年对我来说真是难熬。随时间变化的资源交付曲线下方的区域都可以满足这份时间表的要求（time frame）。但如果达不到这份计划的要求，我想也不会拖太久（pretty soon thereafter）。但这毕竟是我们的目标，试图在2022年登录火星（Mars rendezvous）。大约会每两年执行一次地球-火星交互运输（Earth-Mars synchronization），所以我们每两年就有一次机会上火星。

Then in 2024 we want to try to fly four ships-two cargo and two crew. The goal of the first mission is to find the best source of water, and for the second mission, the goal is to build the propellant plant. We should —— particularly with six ships there —— have plenty of landed mass to construct the propellant depot, which will consist of a large array of solar panels, and then everything necessary to mine and refine water, draw the CO2 out of the atmosphere, and then create and store deep cryo CH4 and O2.

然后到了2024年我们将尝试派遣四艘BFR —— 两艘货运（cargo）飞船和两艘客运（crew）飞船。2022年的任务是在火星上找到最佳的水源。2024年的任务则是在火星上建造推进剂工厂（propellant plant）。在六艘飞船的基础上，我们会有大批人员（landed mass）去建造加油站（propellant depot）。加油站里会有大面积的（a large array of）太阳能电池板（solar panels）。然后我们会尽最大的能力（everything necessary）去开挖（mine）和净化（refine）地下水，从大气中提纯（draw out） CO2，然后生产并存储超低温（deep cryo）甲烷和液氧。

Mars Base

The base starts with one ship, then multiple ships, then we start building out the city and making the city bigger, and even bigger. Over time terraforming Mars and making it really a nice place to be. It is quite a beautiful picture. You know that on Mars, dawn and dusk are blue. The sky is blue at dawn and dusk and red during the day it's the opposite of Earth.

火星基地启建时只有一艘飞船，未来渐渐增多。然后我们开始打造城市，逐步扩张，规模越来越大。随着时间的推移彻底改造（terraform）火星，让它变成宜居的第二个地球（nice place to be）。这真是一幅绝美的画卷。你要知道（you know that），在火星上和地球正好相反（be opposite of），那边的天空在黎明（dawn）和黄昏（dusk）时分是冰蓝色的，而在白天是火红色的。