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Peek inside NASA’s starchitect-designed habitat for Mars

一窺NASA明星建築師設計的火星棲息地

精英翻譯社轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1468127

◎黃靖媗

What is it like to live in Mars? NASA is in the midst of recruiting four volunteers to find out during a year-long simulation at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

在火星的生活是什麼樣子呢？美國航太總署正在招募4名志願者，在休士頓詹森太空中心為期一年的模擬中找到答案。

The selected crew members will move into Mars Dune Alpha, a starchitect-designed habitat touted to be "the highest-fidelity simulated habitat ever constructed" for living on the red planet.

獲選的機組員將搬入「阿爾法火星山丘」，這座為了生活在這顆紅色星球上而由明星建築師設計的棲地，被譽為是史上真實度最高的模擬棲地。

Conceived by the architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, the model is 1,700 sq ft of habitat designed to allay the mental and physical challenges astronauts may encounter during extended trips to Mars.

這座占地1700平方英尺的棲地模型由建築公司BIG集團構思，設計宗旨為減輕太空人在長期的火星旅行中，可能會面臨的心理與生理挑戰。

Mars Dune Alpha is equipped with an indoor aquaponic vegetable nursery, a gym, a treatment room, and various areas for lounging and working.

阿爾法火星山丘配備一個室內魚菜共生蔬菜苗圃、一間健身房、一間治療室，與多個休閒與工作空間。