游戏设计师太空之旅的遗憾

在遥远的太空，没人能听到你的尖叫，也不能听iPod。
In space, no one can hear youscream or listen to your iPod.

两年前，游戏设计师理查德－加利奥特花几十万美金成为世界首位太空游客。结果却发现他不仅不能随身携带iPod，也不能在太空玩游戏。
Which is probably just as well for game designer Richard Garriott who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to become one of the world's first space tourists a couple of years back, only to discover he could bring neither his iPod nor play video games in space.

这样的规定是因为担心火灾和黑客。
Yes, for fear of flames and hacking.

早在2008年，加利奥特就为乘坐航天飞机前往太空花下重金，还在国际空间站的宾馆中度过了一段真正“与世隔绝的时光”。
Back in 2008, Garriott paid exorbitant amounts of cash to be slingshoted into space by shuttle and stay at hotel International Space Station for a truly 'out of this world experience.'

除了享受零重力生活外，那里是不是也能玩MMORPG(大型多人在线角色扮演游戏)呢？
And where better to kick back at zero gravity and play some MMORPGs, right?

答案是--不能。
Wrong.

虽然国际空间站有网络连接，美国国家航空和航天管理局和俄国工作人员非常担心这样会招致严重的黑客攻击。
Because despite the fact the ISS does have an Internet connection, NASA and their Russian counterparts are apparently extremely concerned that may spawn a serious space hacking attempt.

而他们显然没有十足把握来处理这样的事故。
One they don't feel able to cope with, apparently.