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【特別回】英語でニュース深掘り2026年4月10日(金) · 英語で国内ニュース

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  None. SAT Keo Nova daiva getzemen
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  tansanitui Tedes. OK, Chris, let's talk about our
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  topic today. It is about space, the Artemis 2
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  mission. Human beings are finally going
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  back to the moon. That's right, Sarah, the Artemis
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  2 spacecraft was successfully launched and it is currently on
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  its journey. This is the first time in 54
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  years that humans have travelled so far from Earth. 54 years,
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  that is a very long time. The last time was the Apollo
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  program, right? Yes, Apollo 17 was the last
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  manned mission to the Moon back in 1972.
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  By the way, Sarah, do you know why the new program is called
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  Artemis? I'm not sure.
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  Does it have a special meaning? It actually comes from Greek
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  mythology. Artemis is the twin sister of
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  Apollo, and she is the goddess of the moon.
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  Wow, the twin sister of Apollo. That is very poetic and
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  beautiful. But Chris, why did it take 54
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  years for us to go back? Did we just forget about the
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  moon? No, we didn't forget.
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  In the past, going to the moon was like a race during the Cold
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  War, but this time the goal is completely different.
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  Different. How so?
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  This time, we aren't just visiting.
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  NASA is planning to build a base camp on the moon and a space
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  station called the Gateway around it.
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  The ultimate goal is to use the moon as a stepping stone to go
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  to Mars. A base camp on the moon like
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  camping. Exactly.
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  And the most exciting part is water.
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  Scientists have found that there is ice on the moon.
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  If we have water, we can make drinking water, oxygen to
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  breathe, and even hydrogen for rocket fuel.
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  So the moon will become a gas station in space.
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  Yes, a gas station. That is a perfect way to
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  describe it. We can stop by the moon, fill up
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  our rocket with fuel, and then go to Mars.
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  And Speaking of that ice, there's a new study.
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  Scientists believe it took about 1.5 billion years to form the
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  ice. 1.5 billion years. That is incredibly old.
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  So the ice has been waiting for us in the dark shadows of the
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  craters for a very, very long time.
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  That's right, the universe has a completely different sense of
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  time. Researchers say the ice is a
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  mountain of treasure for astronauts.
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  That is amazing, but wait, are they landing on the moon this
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  time? No, for this Artemis 2 mission,
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  they're not landing. It's a 10 day test drive to make
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  sure all the life support systems work properly.
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  But they did something historical.
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  They flew to the far side of the moon.
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  The far side, the side we cannot see from Earth.
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  Right. They travelled about 400,000
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  kilometers away from Earth. That's the farthest distance
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  humans have ever reached in history.
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  And the astronauts saw the far side of the moon with their own
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  eyes for the first time. I saw the news today.
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  The photos were stunning. It looked like CG computer
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  graphics. They saw so many craters clearly
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  and even captured a total solar eclipse from space.
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  Yes, it must be a breathtaking view to see the moon hiding the
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  sun from that angle. Also, the crew members are very
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  different from 54 years ago. The four astronauts include a
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  woman, an African American and a Canadian.
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  It really shows the diversity of our modern world.
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  That is wonderful. It gives us hope for the future.
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  By the way, Chris, when are they coming back to Earth?
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  Their spacecraft is scheduled to land in the ocean off the coast
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  of California tomorrow morning, Japan time.
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  That means Saturday morning. Tomorrow morning I really hope
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  they return safely. Eh Kyoa?
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  Eugene gets Mentansa. None.