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America and Russia: Uneasy partners in space美国与俄罗斯：不安的合作伙伴在空间Since the end of Nasas space shuttle program in July 2011, US astronauts have depended on Russian Soyuz flights for transport to reach the International Space Station, an artificial satellite in low-Earth orbit.2011年七月美国宇航局的航天飞机计划结束后，美国宇航员依靠俄罗斯的联盟号航班运输到国际空间站，在地球低轨道人造卫星。As highlighted last week in President Obamas 2012 budget request for Nasa, the US is committed to developing its own systems for crew transportation. But these are not expected for at least five years.正如美国国家航空航天局主席奥巴马在上周提出的2012个美国宇航局的预算请求中所强调的那样，美国将致力于开发自己的系统，用于船员运输。但这些都是不可预期的至少五年。This reliance on crew transportation is embarrassing, says Prof John Logsdon, a space policy expert on Nasas Advisory Council.这种依靠运输人员是“尴尬”，约翰Logsdon教授说，在美国宇航局的太空政策专家咨询委员会。Its very hard for the States to maintain its claim to be the leading space country in the world when we cannot even launch people into orbit.“在世界上，当我们不能将人们送入轨道的时候，它是很难保持其在世界上的领先地位。”Dr Igor Sutyagin of the Royal United Services Institute says, from a Russian perspective, space exploration today does not have an equal relationship, even though US astronauts rely on their capsules. Russian astronauts feel like space taxi drivers, not equal partners.皇家联合服务研究所的伊戈尔博士说，从俄罗斯的角度来看，空间探索，今天没有一个平等的关系，即使美国宇航员依靠他们的胶囊。”俄罗斯宇航员感觉空间出租车司机，而不是平等的合作伙伴。It was like two animals sniffing each other out, realising that they were supposed to cooperate but were not very comfortable doing so, but it worked outProf John Logsdon就好像是两个动物嗅对方，意识到他们应该合作但不很舒适这样做，但它的工作outprof约翰LogsdonRussia is losing its position in space because of endless failures of space launches, lost satellites and lost communication. Its humiliating, he adds.由于太空发射，失去了卫星，失去了通信，俄罗斯正失去其在太空中的地位。这是耻辱，“他补充说。“俄罗斯正在丧失其在空间位置上,因为无尽的太空发射的失败,失去了卫星和失去了沟通。这是耻辱,”他补充道。“俄罗斯正在丧失其在空间位置上，因为无尽的太空发射的失败，失去了卫星和失去了沟通这是耻辱，他补充道。”。In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first to orbit the earth. The US followed a year later in February 1962. The space race between the two