地球护照

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经常进行国际旅行的人都知道海关有众多的法规条例,但是在国际外星协议盛行的时代,太空旅行也需要携带证件。
从1988年哈萨克斯坦的拜科努尔航天发射基地(Baikonur Cosmodrome)发射国际空间站(International Space Station)的第一个组件至今,已经有来自诸多国家的350多名宇航员和私人旅客登上这个空间站。
对来自外太空的某些物品进行申报的想法可能让人觉得好笑,但是前往该空间站的载人飞行需要从哈萨克斯坦发射,然后回到哈萨克斯坦,所以每一个参加太空旅行的人必须持有母国的护照才能进入和离开该国。该空间站由代表16个国家的5个航天机构签订的一个政府间协议运行。
2009年, 5个航天机构的代表首次同时登上国际空间站。图为(从左至右)俄罗斯宇航员罗曼•罗曼年科(Roman Romanenko)、日本宇航员若天光一(Koichi Wakata)、欧洲宇航员弗兰克•德•温内(Frank De Winne)、美国国家航空航天局(NASA)宇航员迈克尔•巴勒特(Michael Barratt)、加拿大宇航员鲍勃•瑟斯特(Bob Thirsk)、美国国家航空航天局宇航员提姆•科普拉(Tim Kopra)和宇航员杰纳迪•帕达尔卡(Gennady Padalka)。
到外太空旅行可以改变人们的家乡概念。在2013年2月美国国家航空航天局的谷歌游(Google Hangout)活动中,美国宇航员罗恩•加兰(Ron Garan)回忆了他于2011年9月在哈萨克斯坦降落时的感受。
他说:“我记得从那扇窗子眺望,看到绿草和鲜花,于是就想‘我们到家了。’即使我们是在哈萨克斯坦,地球就是家。”
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Passport to Earth
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International travelers are familiar with the vast rules and regulations known as customs, but in the era of international extraterrestrial agreements, even space travelers need their papers.
Since the launch of the first component of the International Space Station from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in 1998, more than 350 astronauts and private visitors from many countries have traveled to the station.
While the idea of declaring something from outer space may be amusing, manned flights to the space station launch from and return to Kazakhstan, and each space traveler must have a passport from his or her home country to enter and leave that country. The space station is operated through an intergovernmental agreement among five space agencies representing 16 countries.
In 2009, the five agencies were represented on the International Space Station for the first time. Pictured are (left to right) Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko; Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata; European astronaut Frank De Winne; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt; Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk; NASA astronaut Tim Kopra; and cosmonaut Gennady Padalka.
A visit to outer space may change a traveler’s concept of home. During NASA’s Google Hangout in February 2013, U.S. astronaut Ron Garan recalled his feelings upon landing in Kazakhstan in September 2011.
“I remember looking out that window and seeing grass and flowers and thinking, ‘We’re home.’ Even if we’re in Kazakhstan, home is Earth,” he said.
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