科技英语新闻:JPL Open House gives visitors excitement in explorations

These explorations further aroused the curiosity of visitors to learn all about these and other projects as they toured the Laboratory.

This popular event is also an opportunity for JPL to celebrate its accomplishments with exhibits and demonstrations about the Laboratory's ongoing research and space exploration.

Many of the Lab's scientists and engineers were on hand to answer questions about how spacecraft are sent to other planets, how scientists utilize space technologies to explore Earth and how researchers are searching for planets beyond the solar system.

The Open House is a fun and educational experience for children in particular, with special hands-on activities designed for kids. Children showed special interest in lying down on the ground and let a small rover to roll over their bodies to experience the thrill of exploration.

Among the visitors was a retired man around 70s who only identified himself as Gary. He said he lived in Southern California, but it was his first time to visit JPL.

"Many times when you live close to a place, you would always think that it is close and there is chance to visit it at anytime, that explained why I came to see JPL for the first time at my age," said Gary.

He said to explore the universe needs efforts by generations after generations and in his generation, he has seen the landing by man on the Moon and the landing of rovers on the Mars. He expected to see more wonders in his life time and maybe some day the next generation will have a chance to discover life on the other planet.

To JPL and many scientists, the open house is a good chance to arouse the curiosity of younger generation in the exploration of the universe, and to many children, it is where they have their first hand-on experience on the sun, earth, moon and the universe through the exhibits and demonstrations and perhaps some of them would continue the exploration of the universe when grow up. The event, free to the public, will continue for another day on Sunday.