外刊精讲 | 中国火箭回收成功，真正追赶的不是SpaceX，而是整个美国航天

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标题： A Picture-Perfect Landing Shows China’s Ambitions to Narrow the Space Race

A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United State’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.

正文：On Friday, the bottom part of a rocket that had been launched just minutes earlier descended toward what looked like a stubby drilling derrick floating in the South China Sea. As the rocket stage, known as a booster,slowed almost to a stop and precisely maneuvered into the center of the structure, a grid of wires gently closed around it. It was a remarkable success for a Chinese government-owned space company.On the inaugural flight of its new Long March 10B rocket, it nailed a critical step toward China’s goal of developing reusable rockets.

知识点：descended/dɪˈsendɪd/ 动词（descend 的过去式和过去分词）
本义为 “下降；落下；降临”，航天 / 火箭语境核心义为 （箭体、航天器）降落、下降，特指火箭助推器、返回舱等从高空向预定落点减速下落的运动过程（本文指发射后分离的火箭底部箭体，朝着海上回收平台持续下落）核心搭配：rocket descended、descend toward the landing site、descend steadily、safely descended
・The first-stage rocket descended toward the sea platform under reverse thrust, with its speed decreasing step by step.
火箭一级箭体在反推作用下朝着海上平台下降，速度逐步降低。
・After atmospheric reentry, the return capsule descended slowly with the help of multiple parachutes.
重返大气层后，返回舱在多具降落伞的辅助下缓缓降落。

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