昨天看新闻联播，听到了来自于火星的交互语音，不过这是英语，作为中国人多希望听到的是汉语“您好”。大家现在可以在网络上听到原文，地址：http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/bolden20120827.html。

    语音内容如下：

   “Hello. This is Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator, speaking to you via the broadcast capabilities of the Curiosity Rover, which is now on the surface of Mars.

     Since the beginning of time, humankind’s curiosity has led us to constantly seek new life…new possibilities just beyond the horizon. I want to congratulate the men and women of our NASA family as well as our commercial and government partners around the world, for taking us a step beyond to Mars.

     This is an extraordinary achievement. Landing a rover on Mars is not easy – others have tried – only America has fully succeeded. The investment we are making…the knowledge we hope to gain from our observation and analysis of Gale Crater, will tell us much about the possibility of life on Mars as well as the past and future possibilities for our own planet. Curiosity will bring benefits to Earth and inspire a new generation of scientists and explorers, as it prepares the way for a human mission in the not too distant future.

Thank you. ”

    这真是伟大的声音，据介绍来回半个小时左右。科技携带着文化，好奇号生说着英语征服世界，上一次来自外星球（月球）的声音也是英语。汉语要获得世界的认可，不仅需要孔子学院的推广，而且需要科技的力量。

      为什么美国把火星探索器命名为好奇号，我从百度百科中得知：好奇号原来叫Mars Science Laboratory，即火星科学实验室。2009年，NASA（美国宇航局）在网站上公开给这台火星车征名。当时还在上六年级的12岁华裔小女孩马天琪（Clara Ma）起的名字Curiosity——好奇号胜出。马天琪当年写了一篇不到200字的短文，说“好奇是在每个人心中燃烧着的不灭火焰”。

    我想知道这是就篇什么样的文章能够如此的幸运。中文网站上的新闻中大部分只引用了一句话，查找起来还是费了不少的功夫，大约花费了1个多小时，才在一个网络论坛里发现了这篇短文，不知道真假：
     Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind. It makes me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at me that day. Curiosity is such a powerful force. Without it, we wouldn't be who we are today. When I was younger, I wondered, 'Why is the sky blue?', 'Why do the stars twinkle?', 'Why am I me?', and I still do. I had so many questions, and America is the place where I want to find my answers. Curiosity is the passion that drives us through our everyday lives. We have become explorers and scientists with our need to ask questions and to wonder. Sure, there are many risks and dangers, but despite that, we still continue to wonder and dream and create and hope. We have discovered so much about the world, but still so little. We will never know everything there is to know, but with our burning curiosity, we have learned so much.（翻译：好奇是在每个人心中燃烧着的不灭火焰。它让我每天早晨起床就想知道，那一天生活会给我带来什么惊喜。好奇就是如此强大的一种力量。没有它，我们就不会成为今天的我们。在我小的时候，我想知道，“为什么天是蓝的”，“为什么星星会眨眼”，“为什么我会是我”，现在还是这样。我有太多的问题，我想在美国找到我的答案。好奇是一种激情，驱使着我们每天这样生活。有了问问题和保持惊奇的需求，我们成为了探险家和科学家。当然，那里有很多的风险，但尽管如此，我们仍然会继续惊奇，梦想，创造和希望。我们已经发现了这个世界的许多真相，但仍然太少。我们永远不会知道应该要知道的所有事情，但有了我们正在燃烧的好奇，我们已经学到了更多。）
      火星科学实验室就被这样命名为好奇号了。给它起名字的小姑娘父母都是清华毕业生，都在美国工作。在清华网站上对这件事进行了报道，但在翻译小姑娘的论文时把America is the place where I want to find my answers.有意识漏掉了。我想只有面对现实，才能前进。

      在太空探索的道路上，在决定未来的重大进步上，中国也需要更多的后备力量，更需要祖国未来的小朋友来了解和参与。到那时，无论是黄皮肤的，还是白皮肤和黑皮肤的朋友们都自豪地说：“中国是我找到答案的地方”。