The boss of the NSF, Sethuraman Panchanathan, agrees.

NSF的老板塞图拉曼·潘查纳坦对此表示赞同。

NSF scientists believed the cables could deal with the added pressure and weight they were carrying.

美国国家科学基金会的一些科学家以为电缆能承受新增的压力和重量。

James Ulvestad is acting director for NSF's math and physics directorate.

James Ulvestad NSF 学和物事会的代。

To this day, the NSF provides federal funding to support scientific research in the United States.

时至今日，NSF 仍提供联邦资金支持美国的科学研究。

The NSF said at the time that it wanted to one day reopen the visitor center and repair some of the operations.

美国国家科学基金会那时候表示其希望某一天能重新开放该访客中心并修复一些运营系统。

NSF scientists believed the cables could deal with the added pressure and weight they were carrying. But on November 6, the main cable broke.

美国国家科学基金会的科学家认为，这些电缆能够承受额外的压力和重量。但11月6日，电缆断了。

Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about it. Aw, how nice. Well, a space opened up at the last minute on the NSF expedition to the Arctic Circle.

一天不记都不行呢。你真好。基金会的北极考察队员确定最后一刻空出了位置。