SpaceX簽下全球首位繞月飛行私人乘客

Elon Musk's SpaceX, demonstrating its founder and chief executive's penchant for showmanship, announced that it had signed up the first private passenger seeking to fly around the moon. But the company provided no timetable or other details about the plan.

近日，埃隆·馬斯克的SpaceX宣佈簽下了全球首位繞月飛行的私人乘客，但沒有提供時間表和其他細節，此舉盡顯CEO兼創始人馬斯克喜愛博人眼球的行事風格。

In a message on Twitter last Thursday night, SpaceX said the mission is slated to use its largest rocket, dubbed the BFR, which is still under development and, according to industry officials, may be at least a year or two from an initial test flight.

SpaceX在上週四晚間發表的一則推文稱，將使用該公司最大的火箭BFR來完成這項任務。BFR目前還在開發階段，據業內管理人士透露，可能需要至少一兩年的時間才能試飛。

In the message, however, SpaceX described the latest plan as "an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space."

不過SpaceX在推文中指出，這項最新計劃是讓懷揣太空旅行之夢的普通人夢想成真的重要一步。

This two-sentence statement -- which caught a number of space experts off guard -- suggests that Mr. Musk hopes to demonstrate momentum and attract more public attention to plans for his mammoth rocket and its associated spacecraft, intended to be bigger than a superjumbo airliner.

這一兩句話的聲明讓航天專家們倍感意外，顯示出了馬斯克希望展現活力、吸引更多公衆關注他的巨型火箭和相關航天器計劃。這枚火箭的計劃建造尺寸比一架超大型客機還要大。

As described previously by Mr. Musk, the BFR would be larger and more powerful than any rocket in history.

正如馬斯克所描述的，BFR將比史上任何火箭都更大、更強。