43年前NASA照曝光 網友一看驚：是台灣國旗？

【看CP學英文】1977年，美國太空總署NASA將「旅行者」發射至外太空，以觀察和繪製四個外行星–木星、土星、天王星和海王星，以及它們之外未知的星際空間。

In 1977, NASA launched the “Voyager” Mission to explore the outer solar system and chart the skies above four outer planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune — and the unknowns of interstellar space beyond them.

當年，以「向外星生物介紹人類和地球」為出發點，「旅行者」載了兩個金碟片含有120多張照片和檔案，其中包含了台灣田徑選手蘇文和。

At the time, two golden discs, featuring 120 photos were included in the probe to introduce “humanity” to extraterrestrial life forms. To the surprise of many, Taiwanese athlete Su Wen-ho (蘇文和) was an unsuspecting feature in this glorious feat alongside many great athletes of his time.

當年的照片中，蘇文和正在1972年慕尼黑奧運200公尺田徑賽賣力地奔跑。搶眼的台灣國旗印在參賽服上，蘇文和與萊索托選手Motsapi Moorosi，蘇聯選手Valeriy Borzov，和千里達及托巴哥選手Edwin Roberts一較高下。

The photo showed Su participating in the 200m event at the 1972 Munich Olympics with the Taiwanese flag featured front and center on his shirt, along with Motsapi Moorosi of Lesotho, Valeriy Borzov of USSR and Edwin Roberts of Trinidad.

根據外媒報導，此張照片是被當年專門負責篩選圖像的太空藝術家Jon Lomberg精心挑選出的。

According to CNN, the photo was chosen by Jon Lomberg, a leading space artist who was mainly responsible for curating images that were included in the historic journey.

以「這是來自地球的訊息」為主軸，Jon認為奧運就是最好的代表，更可以呈現人類在地球上移動的速度。

In line with the idea that “This is a message from planet Earth,” Lomberg believed that the Olympics was a great representation and felt the picture conveyed a lively image of how fast humans could move.

Jon表示，「這張完美的照片還呈現了不同的種族，更加強了『全球』的特徵。」

“This wonderful photo had representations of different ethnicities — that added a sense of a global nature to it,” Lomberg added.

如今「旅行者」經歷43年的時間仍舊持續探索，外媒也在近日告知當年被捕捉到的選手或選手家人他們無意間的貢獻。

As the Voyager continues to explore the universe, foreign media recently revealed to the athletes or family members of the subjects featured in the photos, their unwitting contribution to the project of a lifetime.

在得知此消息時，74歲的蘇文和透露自己對於當年在賽事中被拍攝毫不知情，同時也指出雖然知道有「旅行者」任務，卻不敢置信自己竟能參與其中。

Upon receiving this surprising news from foreign media, Su revealed that he had never seen the image of himself in that game, and though he was familiar with the Voyager project, he “couldn’t believe he had anything to do with it.”

雖然現在人依舊對外太空是否有其他生命保持懷疑的態度，蘇文和沒有保留。

Though many have doubts of whether there is another life form out there, Su is not worried.

「我相信有外星人。有這麼多數以百千的行星在外頭，怎麼可能沒有其他生命體？」

“I do believe there are aliens,” he said. “There are so many planets, hundreds of thousands of them out there. Wouldn’t there be any life forms in one of them?”