新奇事件簿 NASA新岗位——防止外星人入侵

America's space agency NASA has an exciting new job opening to protect Earth from aliens. The position is for a Planetary Protection Officer (PPO). The successful applicant¹ will be responsible for making sure no life forms from outer space come to Earth. The PPO makes sure astronauts and space equipment do not come back from space with any alien bacteria. The position was posted on the usajobs.gov website. According to the post, the new PPO will get a yearly salary of up to $187,000. The job contract is for three years, but could be extended for an additional two years. It is one of the most unique job positions in the world. NASA only employs two PPOs. The job is only open to U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals.

美国国家航空航天局NASA开设了新的工作岗位，保护地球免受外星人入侵。该职位是“星球守护官”。应聘成功的人将负责确保来自外太空的任何生命都不能到达地球。星球守护官要确保宇航员和太空设备从太空中返回时不携带任何外星细菌。该职位发表在usajobs.gov website网站上。根据职位介绍，新的星球守护官将获得高达18.7万美元的年薪。合同期为三年，但是可以延期两年。这是世界上最独一无二的工作岗位。NASA只招募两名星球守护官。该岗位只对美国公民和美国人开放。

People who want to apply for the job must be well qualified². Candidates must have "broad engineering expertise³" and have a degree in physical science, engineering or mathematics. The candidate must also show they have experience in "planning, executing, or overseeing elements of space programs of national significance". A final requirement is that the candidate has "skills in diplomacy⁴ that resulted in win-win solutions during extremely difficult and complex multilateral discussions". The new PPO will be responsible for planning several future NASA missions. One of these will be a trip to one of Jupiter's icy moons, Europa. The mission will search for signs of alien life on the moon.

想要申请该职位的人必须资历丰富。申请人必须有广泛的工程专业知识，拥有物理学，工程学或数学学位。候选人还必须表明他们在策划，管理或监控国家太空项目方面经验丰富。最后一项要求是，候选人必须有外交技能，在极端艰难和复杂的多边讨论中能够拿出双赢的解决方案。新的星球守护官必须策划未来的几项NASA任务。其中一项就是前往木星的冰卫星，木卫二的旅程。这项任务将搜寻这颗卫星上外星生命存在的迹象。

1 applicant   

n.申请人，求职者，请求者

参考例句：

• He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
• In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。

2 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

3 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

4 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。