居住月球計畫
Telecom equipment supplier Nokia has won a $14.1 million deal from NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon.
芬蘭行動通訊設備公司諾基亞（Nokia）獲得美國太空總署（NASA）1,410 萬美元的資金，將在月球上打造第一個電信網路。
telecommunication(s)(n.)電信通訊=telecom(s)equipment(n.)設備deal(n.)合約;協議=contractcellular network蜂巢網路mobile network行動網路
The Finnish company was selected by NASA to deploy a wireless 4G network on the lunar surface for NASA, as part of the space agency’s plans to establish a long-term human presence on the moon within the next decade.
NASA先前提出在2030年前實現人類長住月球的計畫，此次選中諾基亞在月球表面架設4G無線網絡，便是該計畫的一環。
deploy(v.)有效運用、發揮⋯⋯的作用deploy troops部署、調動軍隊wireless(adj.)無限的presence(n.)出席;在場;(事物的)存在;出現absence(n.)缺席
The contract, awarded to Nokia-owned American research company Bell Labs, is part of NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to send the first woman and the next man to the moon by 2024.
實際上與NASA簽約的是諾基亞旗下的美國研究公司貝爾實驗室，貝爾實驗室將參與NASA的阿提米絲計劃，目標是在2024年前將第一位女性和下一位男性送上月球。
award(v.)給予;授予subsidiary(n.)子公司aim to RV以…為目標
Bell Labs will build the 4G network for NASA and have it installed on the moon’s surface in late 2022.
貝爾實驗室將為NASA打造4G網絡，並於2022年下半年完成架設。
install(v.)安裝have O OC (V.pp) 使…;讓…
The wireless technology will allow astronauts to control lunar rovers, navigate lunar geography in real time, and stream high definition videos.
無線電信技術將使太空人能夠控制月球車、在月球表面移動時取得即時導航並傳輸高解析度影像。
allow sb. to RV=enable sb. to RV=make it possible for sb. to RV使…能夠…lunar rover月球探測車Land Rover(廠牌)荒原路華;越野汽車navigate(v.)(借助地圖等)導航、確定⋯⋯的方向in real time實時地;即時地real-time traffic reports即時路況新聞stream(v.)串流;在線播放music streaming platform音樂串流平台high definition videos高解析度影片
The mission will eventually help show whether it is possible to have “human habitation on the moon,” Bell Labs said.
貝爾實驗室說，這次任務最終將有助於證明「人類是否有可能在月球上居住」。
whether(conj.)是否habitation(n.)居住habitat(n.)(動植物)棲地inhabit(v.)居住These remote islands are inhabited only by birds.這些偏僻的島嶼上只有鳥類棲息habitable(adj.)適宜居住的uninhabitable(adj.)不適宜居住的，無法居住的=unfit for human habitation
“With NASA funding, Nokia will look at how terrestrial technology could be modified for the lunar environment to support reliable, high-rate communications,” said Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.
NASA太空技術任務局副局長吉姆·羅伊特表示，在NASA的資助下，諾基亞將針對月球環境調整通訊技術，相信可以開發出可靠、高速的月球通訊系統。
terrestrial(adj.)地球的;與地球有關的;陸地上的;地面上的(相對於衛星而言)extraterrestrial(adj.)地球外的extraterrestrial beings外星人modify(v.)(稍作)修改;更改;改造;改變=improve=alter
According to an analysis by XDA Developers, during the original 1969-1972 Apollo missions, engineers relied on radio transmission to communicate, using NASA’s “S-Band” of 2-4Ghz.
根據 XDA Developers 分析，在過去1969-1972年阿波羅飛行任務中，工程師靠無線電通信，使用NASA的「S波段」（頻率2-4GHz）。
rely on~仰賴;依賴;依靠transmission(n.)(無線電訊號等)傳輸、傳遞GHz=gigahertz十億赫茲
A digital, cellular service will significantly improve the quality and efficiency of communications between astronauts, rovers, robots, and so on.
數位行動通訊將能大幅提升太空人、月球車、機器人等之間的溝通。
efficiency(n.)效率
Nokia said the 4G equipment can be upgraded to a 5G network in the future.
諾基亞表示未來月球上的4G設備有可能升級成5G，
To this, the analysis explains that to build a 5G network, more base stations are required on earth; 4G is a more feasible option in the early stages, as far less infrastructure is needed.
針對這一點，XDA Developers 分析解釋，這是因為若要架設5G網路，地球上還需要更多的基地台，初期先選擇4G網路比較實際，因為需要的基礎設施相對少了許多。
base stations基地台require(v.)需要feasible(adj.)可行的、行得通的=workable=practicableinfrastructure(n.)基礎建設