俄羅斯將減少國際空間站撥款

Russian media say the government plans to cut the amount of money it spends on the International Space Station during the next decade.

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俄羅斯媒體報道說，俄羅斯政府計劃削減在未來10年內用於國際空間站的開支。

The Izvestiya daily reports the latest budget drafts for 2016-25 include about $3.3 billion in spending on the station, or about $330 million a year. That is a 10 percent reduction from a previous draft in April.

俄羅斯《新聞報》報道，俄羅斯2016-25年的預算草案包括大約三十三億美元用於空間站，平均一年大約三億三千萬美元，比去年4月草案中撥款少了百分之十。

Russia's space agency is one of five that works together to operate the station with a rotating crew of astronauts that conduct experiments. Russia plays a key role in transporting the crew to and from the station, since the United States retired its fleet of vehicles to send astronauts into space.

俄羅斯宇航局是運營國際空間站的五個機構之一。國際空間站有來自不同國家的宇航員輪流到那裏進行科學試驗。美國接送宇航員所用的航天飛機退役後，俄羅斯發揮了在地球與空間站之間接送宇航員的重要作用。

The United States has funded the largest portion of the station's budget since it launched in 1998 and currently spends about $3 billion a year on the project.

國際空間站1998年發射升空以來，美國對空間站預算的貢獻最大，每年撥款約30億美元。