俄科學家計劃將冷凍遺體送入太空保存
Russia is set to blast frozen dead people into space after having them cryogenically preserved.
俄羅斯計劃將人類的遺體低溫保存，在進行冷凍處理後送入太空。Firm KrioRus said frozen bodies, DNA samples and even the bodies of pets could be blasted into the atmosphere.
據人體冷凍公司（KrioRus）透露，處於冷凍狀態的人體、DNA樣本甚至是動物的軀體都可以被送入太空。The multi-million pound firm already has 54 people and 21 animals from all across the world within their labs - and a further 200 signed-up for the service.
這家市場價值達數百萬英鎊的公司的實驗室，已經從全球範圍內收集到54具人類遺體和21具動物遺體，另外還有200人簽署了在去世後實施該技術的協議。
The aim is to preserve dead bodies immediately after someone passes, before launching them into the atmosphere - where it would then cost upwards of 240,000 pounds to keep them there.
此舉的目的是在有人過世後、在被髮送上太空前，能立即保存遺體——其費用高達24萬英鎊。Those who have paid hundreds of thousands of pounds for the service wear a device on their wrist throughout their life which then alerts KrioRus once they've died.
那些爲這一服務支付數十萬英鎊的人會一直在腕間佩戴特殊的設備。在他們去世時，該設備就會立即向KrioRus發送信號。
KrioRus announced its 'space plans' last month, explaining that they have made an agreement with Space Technologies, a new science and tech consortium.
KrioRus在上個月宣佈了這項計劃，並解釋稱他們已與新興技術公司“太空科技”達成了合作協議。Since 2005, the KrioRus company says it has frozen the bodies and brains of 54 people, eight dogs, nine cats, three birds, and incredibly, even one pet chinchilla. Now the plans are to launch these corpses into space.
自2005年以來，該公司已經先後冷凍了54人、8條狗、9只貓、3只鳥甚至是1只倉鼠寵物的身體和大腦。現在，公司計劃將它們送上太空。The team they have joined with, Space Technologies, is a new one, being registered only last year.
與他們合作的太空科技”是一家新公司，去年才註冊成立。Under the futuristic plans these frozen bodies will not "just be hanging around in orbit" but kept in secure pods, but detailed plans are going no further than that at present.
在未來的計劃中，這些遺體不是“停留在太空軌道上”，而是要保存在安全的太空艙中，但進一步的詳細計劃目前還沒有出臺。Yulia Arkhipova, general director of Space Technologies excitedly said: "Satellites with cryo-capsules will be launched into orbit by Russian rockets."
“太空科技”董事長尤利婭·阿爾希波娃激動地表示：“攜帶低溫太空艙的衛星將由俄羅斯火箭發射進入軌道。”
