A Q&A with Beth Moses, the first passenger ever on Virgin Galactic's space plane与贝丝 摩西的问答，维珍银河太空飞机的第一位乘客
By Jackie Wattles / October 16, 2019
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Beth Moses is the first person to fly into space as a passenger aboard a commercial spacecraft.贝丝 摩西成为以乘客身份乘坐商业飞行器飞入太空的第一人。Moses, an aerospace engineer who is Chief Astronaut Instructor at Virgin Galactic, became the first woman to receive the commercial astronaut designation from the Federal Aviation Administration after her flight landed in February.摩西，一位航空工程师，是维珍银河公司的首席航天员指导员，在她2月份的飞行返航后，成为第一位从联邦航空管理局获得商业航天员称号的女性。That's when she flew aboard the company's rocket-powered plane, riding in the cabin behind the craft's two pilots. It was the company's second test flight to reach the edge of space. The craft traveled at speeds topping 2,300 miles per hour and climbed more than 55 miles into the sky, where Moses experienced her first view of the cosmos through the plane's cabin windows.她乘坐公司的火箭动力飞机，坐在两名飞行员后面的机舱里。这是该公司第二次到达太空边缘的试飞。飞机以每小时2300英里的速度飞行，并爬上超过55英里的高空，在那里，摩西通过飞机舷窗首次看到了宇宙。Soon, paying customers will be aboard Galactic's space plane called VSS Unity. It's Moses' job to ensure the 600-plus customers who are paying up to $250,000 for the experience enjoy the ride.很快，付费用户将登上银河公司的太空飞机VSS Unity号。摩西的工作就是确保600多名支付高达25万美元的客户体验太空之旅。 Virgin Galactic unveils Under Armour spacesuitsShe sat down with CNN Business at an event in New York where the company unveiled the spacesuits Under Armour designed for its passengers. 在纽约的一次活动中，她接受了CNN商业频道的采访，该公司展示了为乘客设计的安德玛太空服。Were there any specific requests you had for the spacesuit designs?I have to give full credit and a shout out to Under Armour and Galactic teams. Both in my flight and in mock up testing and training, I discussed how harnesses lay on the suit, and where we might add padding or avoid seams so that the whole thing works well.我要给安德玛和银河公司的团队以充分的肯定和欢呼。无论是在飞行中，还是在模拟测试和训练中，我都讨论了如何将固定装置装在太空服上，以及我们可以在哪里添加衬垫或避开接缝，以便使整个太空服表现良好。In every way possible, the suit and the seat and the ship should get out of the way and just support the experience. It's a real delicate design balance, and I think they've gotten it pitch perfect between function and design.在任何可能的情况下，太空服、座位和飞船都应该让位太空旅行体验。这是一个真正精妙的设计平衡，我认为他们在功能和设计之间达到了完美统一。You've told CNN Business before that your main goal is to prepare customers so they can enjoy the trip. How was your experience?你之前告诉过CNN商业新闻，你的主要目标是为顾客做好准备，让他们享受旅行。你感觉怎么样？I didn't have the luxury of being a customer who was there to enjoy it. I had the job of testing it, which was a very strict timeline. Now having said that, of course, I purposely checked out the view from all the windows to see if there was a great, particular place that people should not miss in the cabin.作为一名乘客，我并没有那么轻松去体验旅行。我的工作是测试一切，这是一个非常严格的时间表。当然，说到这里，我特意查看了所有窗户的视野，看看机舱里里是否有什么是人们不应该错过的特别好的地方。I also tested different ways of getting out of my seat and looking out the window, which customers can do when they reach microgravity. They can literally just unclip and gaze out the window while floating. And don't swim. Everybody thinks they're going to swim around, but swimming doesn't do anything in microgravity.我还测试了从座位上下来往窗外看的不同方法，顾客在达到微重力时可以这样做。它们可以在漂浮的时候松开固定装置并凝视窗外。别做游泳动作。每个人都认为他们会游来游去，但在微重力环境下游动不了。How long were you weightless?I had a little bit less than five minutes in weightlessness, and that's about what our customers will have as well.我在失重状态下只有不到五分钟的时间，我们的顾客也会有同样的时间。What types of G forces did you experience?It actually maxed out at about three and a half G, three times the load of gravity. Customers may experience a little more depending on how high the flight goes. When we start commercial services, we'll find that sweet spot.实际上它的最大是3.5G，是重力的3倍。根据飞行高度的不同，顾客可能会体验到更多。当我们开始商业服务的时候，我们会发现有意思的地方。What was the flight like?Every moment of my flight, even the ones that you could characterize as intense, were enjoyable, comfortable, exhilarating. The positive side of intense.在我飞行的每一刻，即使是那些你可以形容为紧张的时刻，都是愉快的，舒适的，令人振奋的。都是紧张的积极一面。As you might imagine, one is launch, 60 seconds under rocket power going three times the speed of sound. Phenomenal. The maximum G load only lasts for about two breaths, and it's not uncomfortable or overly dramatic.正如你能想象的那样，飞机升空时，经过60秒的火箭推力达到音速的三倍。惊人很。最大G负载也就持续两个呼吸，并且不会不舒服或过于猛烈。Will passengers have to wear any sort of helmet or oxygen supply?Nope! The cabin is fully pressurized. There's nothing built into the suit that is necessary for the customers to master in order to stay safe. The ship takes care of all of that.不用！机舱完全增压。太空服里也没装什么需要乘客为了安全而必须掌握的。飞船负责一切。Did you need a helmet on your flight?What I tested was essentially using the ship as the helmet, we used a padded ceiling and padded walls.我测试的基本上是用飞船作为头盔，天花板和墙都有衬垫。There will be test flights with mission specialists in the cabin. When we start commercial service we'll have four passengers in the cabin, so we'll grow to that point in our test program beforehand. As we have more ships in the fleet we'll increase to a passenger count of six.机舱内将有任务专家试飞。当我们开始商业服务的时候，我们会有四个乘客在机舱里，所以我们会在我们的测试计划中先做到这一点。由于我们有更多的飞船，我们将增加到6名乘客。 What tips will you give customers?My biggest advice is to simply relax.
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