不出钱了！特朗普2025年要把国际空间站交给私人公司

The Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025, and private businesses running the place instead.

特朗普政府希望美国国家航空航天局在2025年之前退出国际空间站，该部分将由私营企业代替负责。

Under President Donald Trump’s 2019 proposed budget released Monday, U.S. government funding for the space station would end by 2025. The government would set aside $150 million to encourage commercial development.

根据美国总统唐纳德特朗普于周一发布的2019年拟议预算，美国政府对该空间站的资助将于2025年结束。政府将拨出1.5亿美元鼓励商业发展。

Many space experts are expressing concern. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat who rocketed into orbit in 1986, said "turning off the lights and walking away from our sole outpost in space" makes no sense.

多名太空专家对此表示担忧。在1986年曾进入绕地轨道的佛罗里达州民主党参议员比尔尼尔森说，“关上灯，离开我们在太空唯一的前哨站”是毫无意义的。

NASA has spent close to $100 billion on the orbiting outpost since the 1990s.

自20世纪90年代以来，美国航空航天局在轨道前哨基地投入近1000亿美元。

Altogether, the budget seeks to increase NASA’s budget slightly to $19.6 billion.

总体来说，该预算能够小幅提高航空航天局的预算到196亿美元。