As a consultant to NASA, Cockburn had access to confidential details of the US space program.科伯恩作为美国国家航空航天局的顾问，可以接触到美国宇航计划的机密细节。In the afternoon, we were shown around the Kennedy Space Center.下午，有人带我们参观了肯尼迪宇航中心。Many new things in the home have spun off from the machinery of space travel.家庭用的许多新东西已作为宇航机械的副产品被生产出来。