洛克希德·馬丁（Lockheed Martin）正在打造類似“太空旅行”房車的工具。它可以在火星或月球表面供最多四位宇航員居住。

Inverse報道稱，洛克希德是與美國國家航空和宇宙航行局（NASA）簽下6,500萬美元訂單，在今年研發棲息裝置原型的六家私人公司之一。這六家公司將向NASA展示原型，NASA會選出“優勝者”，打造出可投產的宇宙飛船。

參與競爭的公司還包括波音（Boeing）、內華達山脈的Space Systems、Orbital ATK、NanoRack和畢格羅航天公司（Bigelow Aerospace）。洛克希德上周在肯尼迪航天中心（Kennedy Space Center）展示了自己的原型車，也是其中第一家發布原型的公司。

洛克希德的原型只有22英尺長，直徑15英尺，看起來像是可以在地球上用于野營的產品。除了具備搭載功能外，它還配有生命維持裝置、睡眠站和健身器械。

如果得到采用，該設備將被送到環繞地球的深空通道（Deep Space Gateway）太空站。這里將作為它前往其他目的地的起點。（財富中文網）

譯者：嚴匡正

Lockheed Martin is working on a “space RV” of sorts that could be used as a home for up to four astronauts on the surface of places like Mars or the moon.

The company was among six private companies that entered into a $65 million contract with NASA to build a prototype of the habitat this year, Inverse reports. All six companies will develop a prototype and then present it to NASA, which will ultimately select a “winner” to build a production model of the spacecraft.

Other companies in the running include Boeing, Sierra Nevada’s Space Systems, Orbital ATK, NanoRacks, and Bigelow Aerospace. Lockheed is the first to show off its prototype, which was unveiled last week at Kennedy Space Center.

Measuring just 22 feet long and 15 feet in diameter, it looks a lot like something that could be used for camping on earth. In addition to passengers, it will also feature life support machines, sleep stations, and exercise machines.

If approved, the structure would orbit the moon on the Deep Space Gateway space station that is to be used as a jumping off point to other destinations.