牛頓蘋果樹前往太空體驗零重力

        The tree sample along with a picture of Newton will be taken into orbit by British-born astronaut Dr Piers Sellers who will be part of a six-man crew aboard the NASA space shuttle Atlantis scheduled to lift off on May 14.

　　這截樹枝連同牛頓的一張畫像將由英國出生的宇航員皮爾斯 塞勒斯博士帶入太空。塞勒等六名宇航員將搭乘美國宇航局的亞特蘭蒂斯號航天飛機于5月14日前往太空。

　　"We're delighted to take this piece of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree to orbit. While it's up there, it will be experiencing no gravity, so if it had an apple on it, the apple wouldn't fall," said Sellers.

　　塞勒斯說：“我們很高興能將伊薩克 牛頓爵士那顆蘋果樹上的樹枝帶入太空。那里沒有重力，所以如果樹上有蘋果，也不會掉下來。”

　　"I'm pretty sure that Sir Isaac would have loved to see this, assuming he wasn't spacesick, as it would have proved his first law of motion to be correct."

　　“我相信伊薩克爵士也很想見到這一切，當然如果他沒有太空反應(yīng)的話。因為這能證明他的第一運動定律的正確性。”

　　After the flight the piece of tree and the picture of the scientist will be returned to the Royal Society.

　　在飛行任務(wù)結(jié)束后，這截樹枝和牛頓的畫像將被送回皇家學會。

　　The mission is part of the academic institution's 350th anniversary celebrations.

　　這項太空任務(wù)是英國皇家學會350周年慶?；顒拥囊徊糠?。