导读：DistanceLendsEnchantmenttotheView苏海涛湖北省当阳市当阳一中高二阅读书目：探索太空ExploringSpace（国家地理科学探索...

DistanceLendsEnchantmenttotheView苏海涛湖北省当阳市当阳一中高二阅读书目：探索太空ExploringSpace（国家地理科学探索丛书）Lookingatdarkskyatnightforawhile，youmayseearedstar。Ithasdazzlingcolor。Peoplecallit“Mars”。Inthesolarsystem，beyondthethirdplanet，thefourthoneis“Mars”。ItisaplanetwhichisfarawayfromEarth，about2hundredmillionkilometersonaverage。Itissocharmingthatmanyscientistsandpeoplewanttogothere。Yes，distancelendsenchantmenttotheview。Exploringspaceisnotaseasyasyoumightthink。Itisbeyondyourimagination。Scientistsstillmakegreatcontributionstoexploringspaceandtheyalsogetgoodresults。Spaceexplorationisdevelopingsuccessfully。Scientistshavemadegreatprogresswiththisprojectinonlyafewyears’time。Inthepastfiftyyears，peoplehavelaunchedmanydetectorsintotheunknownuniverseandplanets。However，mostofthemendedwithfailure。Thesedetectorsstillhelpedthescientistsandpeopletoknowmoreaboutthisscience。ThefirsttimetheylaunchedthedetectorstoMarswasin1960s。Fromthenon，twosupercountries，AmericaandtheSovietUnion，startedacompetitiontoexploreMars。TheyneverstoppedlaunchingdetectorstoMars。Eveniftwothirdsofthemfailed。However，itdidn’tstopusfromexploringspace。Distanceshouldnotbeanobstacletoexploringspace。Atthebeginningof2004。NASALaunchedtwodetectorstoMars，andbothofthemlandedsafty。TheysentmanyusefulinformationtoEarth。Itwasreallyexcitingnews!Beforethat，adetectorlaunchedbyEuropewaslostinUniverse。Itwasashocktothescientificcommunity，buttheywillnevergiveup。Asamatteroffact，thepurposeoflaunchingsomanydetectorstospaceistofindaplanetwithlifeandthebasicelement–water。ThemoonisfarawayfromEarth，butitistheneareststartoEarth。Peoplehavebeenfascinatedbythemoonsinceancienttimesuntil1969whenastronautsfromAmericalandedonthemoon。Theyfoundthatthemoonwasjustasatellite，withoutwater，air，atmosphereandlife，sopeople’sfantasiesaboutmoonwerebroken。Themoonisareal“Wide-coldPalace”，italsohasverybadweather，extremelycoldatnightandextremelyhotduringdaytime。Nothingcansubsistonthemoon。Whentheastronautslandedonthemoon，itwasasifthedistancewentfrom380thousandkilometerstozerokilometers。Allthebeautifulfantasiesandlegendsaboutmoonwerebroken，sopeoplenowaimtheireyesonMars。TheyhopethatonedaytheastronautscansteponMarsandrealizeournewdream。Sinceweknowthetruthofmoon，itisnotsotemptingtous。Butpoemsaboutthemooncanstillgiveussomeyearning。Comparethebeginningsofspacetravelwithexploringspacetoday。Theexplorationofspacetodayismoreuseful。ManypeoplearefondofMarsbecauseamongthenineplanetsinthesolarsystemitisthemostsimilartoEarth，sowecallthem“BrotherPlanets”。OnMars，thereisathinatmospherelayandsomeoxygen。Thedetectorshavefoundthatthereonceexisitedwater。Duetothelowgravity，thewaterallranintospace。Theexplorationofspaceisnotonlyhelpingusknowmoreabouttheunknownspace，butalsotellingusawaytothenewscienceandpossiblyahomeland。Inotherwords，peoplemayrealizethedreamoflivingonanotherplanets。Eventhoughweknewmoonwellnow，ithasmanytouchinglegendsnancienttimes。Chang’eisabeautywhoatetheelixirandthenflewtothemoon，shelivedinthe“Wide-ColdPalace”(MoonPalce)withajaderabbit。Wugangalwayscutdownthesweet-scentedosmanthustreesonmoonasapunishment。Thoughtheselegendsarenottrue，wecanstillstoretheminourmemories。 chr()chr()12