On the other hand, spacecadets are an optimistic lot.
另一方面，“太空学员”太乐观了。
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The spacecadets’ other hope, China, might pick up the baton.
“太空爱好者”的另一个希望是中国可能会是接力者。
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The reason for that second objective is also the reason for thinking 2011 might, in the history books of the future, be seen as the year when the spacecadets' dream finally died.