In an image uploaded to Twitter on Sunday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk provided a rare glimpse at the inside of his space company SpaceX’s Starship production facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
在上周日上传到Twitter的一张图片中，SpaceX首席执行官埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)提供了一个难得的机会，让人们得以一窥他的太空公司SpaceX位于德克萨斯州博卡奇卡的星际飞船生产设施的内部情况。
And the progress since the company’s scaled-down “Starhopper” prototype flew for the last time only nine months ago is impressive.
自从该公司的缩小版“StarHopper”原型机在9个月前最后一次飞行以来的进展令人印象深刻。
The image shows three bulkheads, which are parts of the rocket’s fuselage.
图片显示了三个舱壁，它们是火箭机身的一部分。
It also shows what Teslarati reports are parts of the bottom of the tank dome, which will later be outfitted with Raptor engines.
它还显示了Teslarati报告的坦克穹顶底部的一部分，稍后将配备猛禽引擎。
The goal is to finish a working prototype of the massive Starship rocket — designed to one day carry up to 100 tons or 100 passengers to the Moon or Mars — for a suborbital test flight that could happen as soon as March.
该项目的目标是完成大型星际飞船火箭的工作原型-设计为一天能运载100吨或100名乘客到月球或火星-最早可能在3月进行亚轨道测试飞行。
Towering at 165 feet tall without boosters, Starship is a gigantic reusable spacecraft.
星际飞船高达165英尺，没有助推器，是一艘巨大的可重复使用的航天器。
We’ve already gotten a glimpse of a full-scale mockup during a September unveiling by Musk.
在马斯克九月份的发布会上，我们已经瞥见了一个全尺寸的样机。
Plenty of work remains.
还有很多工作要做。
So far, the company has only launched its down-scaled prototype Spacehopper to a height of around 500 feet in August.
到目前为止，该公司只在8月份发射了其缩小版的SpaceHopper原型，高度约为500英尺。
It did, however, nail the landing.
然而，它确实成功地实现了着陆。
If everything goes according to plan, SpaceX will attempt to send an early Starship prototype to a height of 12.4 miles, just shy of half way to the edge of space, in coming months.
如果一切按计划进行，SpaceX将在未来几个月尝试将早期的星际飞船原型送到12.4英里的高度，距离太空边缘只有一半的距离。