纪录片《火星任务》 第31期 地球历史书（在线收听）

They read like a book of Earth history

它们就像一本地球历史之书

and they tell us about different chapters in the evolution

告诉我们早期环境和生命

of early environments and life.

演变的不同阶段

And the cool thing about going to Mount Sharp at Gale Crater

而抵达盖尔撞击坑中心的夏普山

is going to be there,

最精彩的部分在于

we'll have a different book

在那里 我们将得到一本

about the early environmental history of Mars

关于火星早期环境发展的书

that will tell us something equally interesting,

告诉我们一些同样有趣的事情

and we don't know what it's going to be yet.

而目前还不知道等待我们的将是什么

The team believe the place they've chosen to land

科学家团队认为 他们选取的着陆点

is the perfect spot to look back in time.

是探测火星过去的理想地点

They want to know if Mars

他们想了解火星

could have supported life

在其历史中的任何阶段

at any point in its history.

是否能允许生命存在

So that Curiosity can discover

这样 好奇号就能够发现

all the information the scientists need,

科学家们所需的全部信息

the engineers have designed it to work just like

工程师们设计的火星车

a human exploration team would

和人类的研究小组

back here on our own planet.

在地球上的工作方式类似

What Curiosity can do as we begin to explore Gale,

好奇号在探索盖尔撞击坑之初

is pretty much what a geologist would do on Earth,

与地质学家研究地球的方法十分相似

but it's also bringing along a chemistry lab.

但它同时还携带了化学分析仪器