我从未问过的问题

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我叫诺拉·伯格。八个月来，我独自住在阿瑞斯空间站。空间站位于火星上一个又红又空的山谷里。

My name is Nora Berg. For eight months I have lived alone on Ares Station. The station stands on Mars, in a red, empty valley.

我是一名地质学家。我每天收集石头并研究它们。一个小机器人帮我，它叫基科。它能搬运、测量和拍照，但它不会说话。

I am a geologist. Every day I collect stones and examine them. A small robot helps me. His name is Kiko. He can carry, measure and take photos. He can’t talk.

空间站不大。它有一个厨房、一个实验室、一间小卧室和一个窗户。透过窗户，我能看到红色的山和粉色的天空。晚上，太阳是蓝色的。我觉得这还是很奇怪。

The station isn’t big. It has a kitchen, a lab, a small bedroom and one window. Through the window I see red mountains and a pink sky. In the evening the sun is blue. I still find that strange.

我通过无线电与地球联系。但这并不是正常的对话。从火星到地球的消息大约需要二十分钟，回复也需要二十分钟。

I talk to Earth by radio. But it isn’t a normal conversation. A message from Mars to Earth takes about twenty minutes. The answer takes another twenty minutes.

所以我早上写下问题，中午收到回复。我的生活就是这样：我提问，我等待，我阅读。

So I write my questions in the morning. At noon the answers come. That is my life here: I ask, I wait, I read.