Space United States astronaut to participate in voting in the presidential election? -IT information
On November 2, according to foreign media reports, next Tuesday (United States local time November 8) is a United States presidential election day, when the United States tens of millions of people go to the polling, Americans in space will also be participating in this vote.
United States Space Agency (NASA) said the astronauts xiaoen·jinbuluo (Shane Kimbrough) is currently the only American aboard the international space station, on October 19, he left the United States to Kazakhstan before space launches, has filled out his absentee ballot.
Kimbrough from his votes on the same orbital position, but if the astronauts are in space, they do have a way to exercise their right to vote.
Another United States astronauts Kaite·lubinsi (Kate Rubins) back to earth over the weekend. She said that before leaving the international space station, she used a slightly more complex, but very convenient audio email her completed ballot is sent back to Earth.
Rubens said the address this absentee ballots are marked as "low Earth orbit", that is, the position of the international space station.
In an interview, she said: "we will be able to vote from space, it was incredible. I think we all voted in all the elections are very important. ”
United States at NASA's Johnson Space Center is located in United States, Texas, the State responsible for the election of "County Clerk's Office (County Clerk Office)" creates a secure electronic ballot, by Johnson Space Center's mission control, electronic votes uploaded on to the international space station the United States astronaut.
In 2008, the United States Space Agency said in a statement, "County Clerk's Office will have astronauts specific certificate send e-mail to astronauts. "These vouchers to allow astronauts to safely vote.
United States, the space agency said when ballots filled out after the astronauts will send it back to Earth, County Clerk's Office will be responsible for registering the votes.
United States NASA added that astronauts will be able to vote this way, thanks to the Texas law adopted in 1997, allowing space Explorer (most of them live in the city of Houston, where the Johnson Space Center) voted in the orbit.
On Mars, you can vote?
The future, is likely to become even more complex in space.
At present, the United States NASA astronauts only flew to the international space station 220 miles from the Earth, but in the future, the Agency plans to send people to Mars, and the journey will take them at least a few years away from the Earth.
United States NASA has not developed any specific rules to define the Mars explorers how to vote, but may now aboard the international space station United States astronaut to vote the same way.
United States Space Agency spokesman bulandi·Dien (Brandi Dean), said: "I don't think there is any specific rules or how to vote on Mars, but I doubt it would vote the same way on the international space station. Between Mars and Earth have a time delay, but that only minute levels, so the current voting process is still in use. ”
太空上美国宇航员如何参与总统大选投票？ - IT资讯
11月2日消息，据国外媒体报道，下周二（美国当地时间11月8日）是美国总统大选日，届时美国各地有数千万人前往投票站投票，而身处太空中的美国人同样也会参与这次投票。
美国宇航局(NASA)称，宇航员肖恩·金布罗(Shane Kimbrough)目前是国际空间站上的唯一一位美国人，他在10月19日离开美国前往哈萨克斯坦进行太空发射之前，已填写好了他的缺席选票。
虽然金布罗没有从他所在的轨道位置上进行投票，但如果宇航员身处太空，他们确实有方法行使其投票权。
另一位美国宇航员凯特·鲁宾斯（Kate Rubins）于上周末回到地球上。她表示，在离开国际空间站前，她利用一种稍微有点复杂、但很方便的音频电子邮件，将她填写好的选票发送回地球。
鲁宾斯称，这张缺席选票的地址被标记为“地球低轨道”，即国际空间站所处的位置。
她在接受采访时表示：“我们能够在太空上投票，这是非常令人难以置信的。我认为，我们在所有的选举中都参与投票是非常重要的。”
美国宇航局约翰逊航天中心位于美国德克萨斯州，该州负责选举的“县书记官办公室(County Clerk Office)”会创建一种安全的电子选票，通过约翰逊航天中心的地面控制中心，将电子选票上传至国际空间站上的美国宇航员。
2008年，美国宇航局在一份声明中表示，“县书记官办公室将把一份有宇航员特定凭证的电子邮件发送给宇航员。”这些凭证能让宇航员安全地进行投票。
美国宇航局称，当选票填写好后，宇航员会将其发送回地球，县书记官办公室将负责登记该选票。
美国宇航局补充说，宇航员能够以这种方式投票，这要感谢德克萨斯州1997年通过的一项法案，允许太空探索者（他们大多数住在约翰逊航天中心所在的休斯顿市）在空间轨道上投票。
可以在火星上投票吗？
未来，在太空上投票可能会变得更为复杂。
目前，美国宇航局的宇航员只能飞到距离地球约220英里的国际空间站，但在未来，该机构计划派人去探索火星，而这一旅程将需要他们离开地球至少几年时间。
美国宇航局还没有制定任何具体规则，来规定火星探险家如何进行投票，但可能与现在国际空间站上美国宇航员的投票方式相同。
美国宇航局发言人布兰迪·狄恩(Brandi Dean)表示：“我不认为目前有人在为火星上如何投票制定任何具体规则，但我怀疑它会与国际空间站上的投票方式相同。火星与地球之间的有一个时间上的延迟，但这仅仅仅分钟级的，所以当前的投票程序仍然可以正常使用。”