And today, there's a handful of these early Cold War machines which are now operated by private companies and from which the vast majority of satellite imagery During this period, launching things into space, just the rocket to get the satellite up there, has cost hundreds of millions of dollars each, and that's created tremendous pressure to launch things infrequently and to make sure that when you do, you cram as much functionality in there as possible.
如今，还有少数 这些早期冷战时期的机器的 曾子孙们 它们现在多由私营公司运作 也是我们今天日常看到的 绝大部分的卫星图像的来源 在此期间，把东西发射到太空 仅仅是用火箭将一个卫星送上去 一次就要花掉数亿美元，十亿啊 这种强大的压力下 不能过于频繁地 发射东西 而当你发射东西的时候 就要保证塞进去的功能越多越好