The Mars Society, a space advocacy group dedicated to the exploration and settlement of Mars, is holding an international contest for the best design of a Martian city state that can accommodate a million inhabitants.
致力於火星探索和定居的太空倡導組織火星協會(Mars Society)正在舉行一場國際競賽，評選可容納一百萬居民的火星城邦的最佳設計。
The winner will be awarded with $10,000.
獲勝者將獲得一萬美元獎金。
The Society held a similar contest last year asking participants to design a Mars colony for just 1,000 people.
該協會去年舉辦了一次類似的比賽，要求參與者設計一個僅能容納1000人的火星殖民地。
An MIT team won with their “Star City” design, a colony split into five starting villages, each representing a continent on Earth.
麻省理工學院的一個團隊贏得了他們的“星城”設計，一個殖民地被分成五個開始的村莊，每個村莊代表地球上的一個大陸。
The news comes after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted earlier this year that 1,000 massive Starship rockets could eventually send “maybe around 100k people per Earth-Mars orbital sync,” resulting in a million-strong Martian city by the year 2050.
今年早些時候，SpaceX首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克在推特上表示，1000枚巨型星際火箭最終可能“每個地球-火星軌道同步發射10萬人左右”，從而在2050年之前形成一個超過100萬人的火星城市。
This Mars Society contest has guidelines to make sure the design is realistic.
這個火星協會比賽有指導方針，以確保設計是現實的。
First and foremost, the Martian city state has to be as self-sustaining as possible without having to rely too much on imports from Earth.
首先也是最重要的，火星城邦必須儘可能自給自足，而不必過於依賴從地球進口。
That means the city state will need to “produce all the food, clothing, shelter, power, common consumer products, vehicles and machines for a population of 1,000,000,” according to an official announcement, with only needing to import key components from Earth including “advanced electronics.”
根據官方聲明，這意味著這個城市國家將需要“為100萬人口生產所有的食品、衣服、住房、電力、普通消費品、車輛和機器”，只需要從地球進口包括“先進電子產品”在內的關鍵部件。
The Society is asking participating teams to take into consideration technologies including advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, and 3D-printing as well to make best use of resources already present on the Red Planet.
該協會要求參與團隊考慮先進的機器人技術、人工智能和3D打印等技術，以最大限度地利用紅色星球上現有的資源。
Teams have until June 30, 2020 to submit a 20 page proposal.
團隊必須在2020年6月30日之前提交一份20頁的建議書。
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