NASA posts job ad for 'planetary protection officer' (and it comes with a $187,000 salary)

NASA百万年薪招聘行星保护官

保护地球免受外星生物污染

近日NASA推出了一项年薪高达18.7万美元的招聘启示，在全球范围内寻找行星保护官，主要职责是保护地球免受地外生物污染，以及避免地球污染物污染其他行星。

As the limits of human and robotic space exploration stretch further than ever before, a small group of officials tasked[1] with 'planetary protection' are hard at work ensuring contaminants from Earth don't hitch a ride to other planets, or vice versa[2].

随着人类和机器人对空间探索的范围变得比以往任何时候都要大，一组肩负着“保护行星”重任的官员正在努力工作，以确保地球的污染物不会进入别的行星、或者其他行星的污染物进入地球。

[1]task: to give someone a task 派给…任务 

We have been tasked with setting up camps for refugees. 

我们接到了建难民营的任务。

[2]vice versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order 反过来也一样，反之亦然 

He doesn't trust her, and vice versa (= she also doesn't trust him). 

他不信任她，她也一样不信任他。

Between NASA and ESA, there are just two full-time Planetary Protection Officers in the world – and now, NASA is hiring for the position.

在美国和欧洲的航天局内，只有两名专职的行星保护官，而NASA现在正打算就此职位进行招聘。

The space agency is offering up to $187,000 salary for whoever is selected to fill the sole vacancy, and will be accepting applications until August 14.

NASA为这一职位提供了高达18.7万美元的年薪，有意者可在8月14日前提交申请。

Currently, the title belongs to Catharine Conley, who has been NASA's Planetary Protection Officer since 2014, Business Insider[3] reports.

据Business Insider报道称，目前担任行星保护官的是凯瑟琳·康利，她从2014年起就一直担任这一职位。

[3]Business Insider是美国知名的科技博客、数字媒体创业公司、在线新闻平台。是一家关注IT和创业的重量级博客媒体,由亨利·布洛吉特(Henry Blodget)创立于2007年，并一直担任CEO至今。 

BusinessInsider的报道非常广泛。文章范围包括IT技术、产品、趋势、业内动态以及各个领域的新闻事件等，相比报纸、杂志来说，Business Insider可以称得上是“新媒体”，影响力基本都在线上；它的消息随时更新，速度更快；它说故事的手法也与传统媒体不一样；互动性更强。

According to the job opening, which is offering $124,406 to $187,000 salary, the position is initially appointed for 3 years and has potential to extend another 2.

根据职位空缺信息显示，这份工作年薪在124406美元到187000美元之间，任期为3年，可以延长2年。

Whoever is chosen will be tasked with overseeing[4] planetary protection and maintain the policies as they apply to NASA missions.

任何被选中担任这一职位的人都将肩负监督行星保护的重担，对他们的政策适用于NASA任务。

[4]oversee: to watch or organize a job or an activity to make certain that it is being done correctly 监督；监察；监管 

As marketing manager, her job is to oversee all the company's advertising. 作为营销经理，她的工作是负责公司所有的广告业务。

These efforts aim to ensure the prevention of any unintentional contamination.

这些努力旨在确保防止出现任何意外污染。

'Planetary protection is concerned with the avoidance of organic-constituent and biological contamination in human and robotic space exploration,' the inquiry explains.

研究表示称：“行星保护是为了避免在人类和机器人空间探索过程中出现有机成分和生物污染。”

'NASA maintains policies for planetary protection applicable to all space flight missions that may intentionally or unintentionally carry Earth organisms and organic constituents to the planets or other solar system bodies, and any mission employing spacecraft, which are intended to return to Earth and its biosphere with samples from extraterrestrial[5] targets of exploration.'

“NASA对行星保护的政策适用于所有太空飞行任务，而后者可能会有意或者无意地将地球生物和有机成分带到行星或者太阳系其他星体上，任何使用航天器、并且从外星探索目标携带样本返回地球生物圈的任务也同样适用行星保护政策。”

[5]extraterrestrial: (coming from) outside the planet Earth 地球外的；天外的 

extraterrestrial beings 外星人

According to Business Insider, the PPO stems from the US ratification of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967.

Business Insider报道称，行星保护官一职起源于美国通过的《1967年外层空间条约》。

This states that space missions must have less than 1-in-10,000 chance of contaminating the planetary bodies being explored.

该条约规定，太空任务对被探索行星造成污染的概率应该小于万分之一。

The job requires frequent travel, as the PPO may have to examine instruments and gear ahead of launches.

该项工作要求频繁出差，因为行星保护官可能需要在飞行器发射前检查仪器和齿轮。