CNN News: 向太空旅行又邁進一步

10 Second Trivia. What is the oldest state capital in the United States? Richmond, Virginia, Boston, Massachusetts, Sacramento, California, or Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe was established by the Spanish in 1610 making it the oldest state capital in the country.

10秒快速問答。美國最古老的州首府是什么?弗吉尼亞州里士滿，馬薩諸塞州波士頓，加利福尼亞州薩克拉門托，還是新墨西哥州圣達菲。圣達菲由西班牙人于1610年建立，是美國最古老的州首府。

The state of New Mexico is also home to Spaceport America. A take off and landing site for spacecraft that opened in 2011. The facility has seen its share of delays, setbacks and criticism since then. It's $220 million cost has been funded by taxpayers and one of the main reasons for building it was to accommodate space tourism and that hasn't taken off yet. This is now one of several spaceports that have been built in the United States.

新墨西哥州也是美國太空港的所在地。2011年開放的宇宙飛船的起落地點。從那時起，這里就經(jīng)歷拖延、挫折和批評等系列過程。2.2億美元的花費是由納稅人資助的，建造它的主要原因之一是為了容納太空旅游，但目前該項目還沒有開始。這是美國建造的幾個太空港之一。

Critics say there are now more of these facilities than there is business for them but there was a successful test flight at Spaceport America last week. Virgin Galactic, which is the main tenant there, completed an unpowered flight in its spaceship two-vehicle and that was seen as another step towards space tourism.

批評人士表示，現(xiàn)在這些設(shè)施的數(shù)量已經(jīng)超過了它們的商業(yè)價值，但上周在美國太空港進行了一次成功的試飛。維珍銀河(Virgin Galactic)是該公司的主要租戶，它駕駛兩艘宇宙飛船完成了一次無動力飛行，這被視為向太空旅游又邁進了一步。