The Apollo 11 moon landing, whose 40th anniversary is celebrated this week, is still unsurpassed as a symbol of technological achievement. Visitors to Washington DC's National Air and Space Museum can see the command module up close, and visitors to the Science Museum in London can see the very similar Apollo 10 version. Being this near to the spaceship defies belief: it looks more like a contraption from the steam age than the space age. Did this thing really go around the moon and come home again?
本周，“阿波羅11號登月”迎來了40周年紀念慶典。作為一項技術成就的象征，它迄今依然是無與倫比的。前往華盛頓特區美國國家航空航天博物館(National Air and Space Museum) 參觀的人們，可以近距離觀察阿波羅11號的指揮艙；前往倫敦科學博物館(Science Museum)參觀的人們，則可看到與之非常類似的阿波羅10號指揮艙。如此近距離的觀察太空飛船，會令人產生一種難以置信的感覺：看上去，它更像是蒸汽時代的產物，而非來自太空時代。這個東西真的曾經環繞過月球、而后又重返地球嗎？