Nasa has voiced support for using private rockets as " space taxis " , ferrying astronauts to and from the international space station .
美国宇航局已经表示支持使用私人火箭作为“太空的士”,运送宇航员来往于国际空间站。
This cap , says the company , is now collecting more than 10000 barrels of oil a day , ferrying it up to a tanker on the surface .
公司说,这个盖帽现在每天可收集超过10000桶原油,然后运送到海面上的一艘油轮。
Last year barack obama outlined his plans for the future of america 's space programme . Its most striking feature is to delegate the humdrum task of ferrying people and equipment to low-earth orbit to the private sector .
The troops are living in olive drab tents pitched on school playing fields and elsewhere around the city , and military vehicles are a constant presence on local roads , ferrying supplies and carting away rubble .
部队住在学校操场等各个地方搭起的军绿色帐篷里,军车经常出现在当地路上,运送物资,清除瓦砾。
Instead of a helicopter for ferrying around groups of civilians , the engineers saw a two-seater in military configuration equipped with pratt & whitney engines and mock weapons .
Six years ago , when nasa , america 's space agency , announced it wanted the private sector to take over responsibility for ferrying cargo to the international space station ( iss ) , many scoffed that it was a fantasy .
If the hywind turbine turns out to need frequent repairs , the cost of leaving it idle while waiting for fair weather , and of ferrying the necessary people and equipment to and fro , will outweigh the gains from generating more power .
In theory , by delegating the relatively humdrum business of ferrying food and astronauts to and from low-earth orbit to the private sector , nasa hopes to free up cash to do other , more difficult things , including sending astronauts to the asteroids by 2025 , and on to mars by the 2030s .