喵星人的一小步：Hello Kitty被日本科学家送入太空

　　为了纪念品牌创立四十周年，日本政府将Hello Kitty送入太空。日本政府希望以此为噱头吸引私人企业进驻航天商业领域。j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　这只头戴红色蝴蝶结的白色小猫坐在卫星的窗边俯视地球，同时它上方的电子屏播放着来自英国和日本的180多位粉丝的留言。j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

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　　Hello Kitty has been blasted into space as Japan's government bid to mark the brand's 40th birthday.j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　The move is part of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to promote the country's high-tech industry and engineer economic growth.j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　He wants to combine the Hello Kitty figure with a mini satellite sent up to orbit the Earth and equipped with a digital message board.j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　The government is hoping to attract private companies into the air space business with the stunt.j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　The initiative calls on fans to come up with short messages that will be flashed on the board sitting above the four-centimetre cat, according to Kitty's creator Sanrio.j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　The white feline with a red bow sits by a window looking back at Earth, with the board displaying messages of up to 180 characters in English and Japanese.j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　"It can be a message that you want to send from space to someone special on Earth, or it can be something more general," a spokesman for Tokyo-based Sanrio said when they unveiled the initiative.j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　(来源：中国日报网爱新闻iNews 编辑：丹妮)j2p阜新翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司