(NASA)

美国每天都在向将人类送上火星的目标迈进。

特朗普总统于6月30日指出：“我们进入太空的旅程不仅将使我们更加强大、更加繁荣，而且将以雄心壮志把我们团结在一起，并将我们所有人更紧密地汇集在一道。”[请见英文讲话]

总统在发表上述讲话前签署了重建国家太空委员会（National Space Council）的行政令，该委员会有可能帮助将宇航员送上火星。

副总统迈克∙彭斯（Mike Pence）在阐明本届政府为美国国家航空航天局（NASA）设定的远大目标时表示：“我国将重返月球，而且我们将让美国人踏上火星。”[请见英文讲话]

但你对火星的了解到底有多少呢？

请看以下这个火星知识小测验，曾担任国家航空航天局副首席技术师的吉姆·亚当斯（Jim Adams）将为你答疑解惑：

Fact or fiction: Take our quiz about Mars [video]

The U.S. is edging closer each day to sending humans to Mars.

“Our journey into space will not only make us stronger and more prosperous, but will unite us behind grand ambitions and bring us all closer together,” President Trump said June 30.

The president made the comments after signing an order bringing back the National Space Council, an advisory panel that may help lead astronauts to Mars.

Vice President Mike Pence laid out the administration’s ambitions for the U.S. space agency, NASA, this way: “Our nation will return to the Moon, and we will put American boots on the face of Mars.”

But how much do you really know about Mars?

Test your smarts with this quick quiz (Jim Adams, former deputy chief technologist at NASA, helps provide the answers):