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Could the Moon help save endangered animals?
月球能幫我們拯救瀕危動物嗎？
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Scientists are taking animal cells to the Moon… but why?
科學傢打算把動物細胞帶到月球上，這是為什麼呢？
The idea is to create a kind of bank of endangered species there.
他們的想法是在月球上建立一個瀕危物種庫。
We’d need to keep the cells at around -200°C – and parts of the Moon, like the poles, are really cold.
我們需要將動物細胞在零下 200 攝氏度的溫度中保存。而月球上的部分地區，比如南北兩極，本身就非常寒冷。
Here on Earth, this would require lots of electricity, for example.
在地球上，這種保存方式需要消耗大量資源，比如電力。
Plus, the Moon is far away from the risks we face here on Earth, like wars, climate change and natural disasters.
並且，月球環境遠離我們在地球上面臨的許多風險，比如戰爭、全球變暖和自然災害等等。
But getting these cell samples there wouldn’t be easy.
但把細胞樣本送到月球上並不容易。
Their packaging would need to handle tough conditions like high radiation levels.
它們的包裝需能夠應對各種嚴苛的環境，比如高強度的輻射。
And scientists are not sure how low gravity might affect the cells over time.
科學傢也不確定長期處於低重力環境對細胞會有何影響。
It will be many years before something like this happens, but there are plans to send other samples, like plants, in case they were needed in the future.
月球上的瀕危物種庫可能還需要許多年才能建成，但已經有將其它種類的樣本，比如植物，也送到月球上的計劃瞭，以防未來之需。
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