有钱就任性？坦克世界开发者宣布登月计划

　　A Russian company wants to build a manned base on the moon and announced recently that it has the resources and capabilities to do just that. The privately owned company, Lin Industrial, believes they can construct the base for less than $10 billion. That includes the first stages of a lunar outpost, followed by a second facility that would be manned by two and then, later, four humans. Lin Industrial expects that constructing and deploying the base will take around 10 years.

　　一家俄国公司最近宣布要在月球上建设一座基地，并宣称他们已经获得所需的资金，并有能力完成这项工作。这家名为Lin Industrial的私营企业，相信自己能够在一百亿的预算内完成该基地的建设。基地包括第一阶段的月球前哨基地，第二阶段的双人操控设备以及其后的4人操纵设备。Lin Industrial预计这项工程大约需要10年时间。

　　The company proposes that a location near the moon’s south pole, known as Malapert Mountain, would be their construction site for the lunar base. According to Lin Industrial, building a lunar base is no easy feat and requires at least 37 rocket launches to carry parts to the surface of the moon. The launches alone would take probably over five years.

　　公司建议基地应选址于月球南极附近，即Malapert山附近。根据Lin Industrial的说法，建造一个月球基地并不是一件轻松的事，大约需要37次火箭发射以携带所有零部件到月球表面。光发射火箭这一阶段大概就要耗时5年时间。

　　The base, however, is less of a base, and more of a small village, of only up to four people. There’s also a chance that this claim by Lin Industrial is just big talk. Lin Industrial’s head is Sergei Burkatovsky, one of the creators of online game World of Tanks. He’s only invested about $176,000 in the project so far. Lin Industrial states it needs around $200,000 just for the first prototype rocket and another $13.5 million just to test launch it.

　　这个基地，与其说是一个基地，不如说是一个村落，一个仅由4人组成的村落。不过Lin Industrial这个计划可能只是说大话而已， 因为这公司的头头是著名的锉刀学家，坦克世界开发者成员谢尔盖.布托卡夫斯基。目前为止他大概只向这项目中投入了176，000刀。而据Lin Industrial称，光是首部火箭原型就需要200，000刀，测试则还需要另外的13，500，000刀。

　　You better buy those Panther 88′s, guys – SerB needs to get to the moon :)

　　所以，赶紧买金币车吧，SerB就指望着用这笔收入来登月呢。