You know my father, Professor Brand.

你认识我父亲布兰德教授
We're NASA.

我们是国家航空航天局的人
- NASA? - NASA.

-航空航天局 -没错
The same NASA you flew for.

就是你以前工作的航空航天局
I heard they shut you down, sir...

我听说你们关闭了先生
for refusing to drop bombs from the stratosphere...

因为你们拒绝向饥饿的难民
onto starving people.

投放炸弹
When they realized that killing other people was not a long-term solution,

等他们意识到杀戮没法解决根本问题时
then they needed us back.

我们就回来了
- In secret. - Why secret?

-秘密地 -为什么要秘密
Because public opinion

因为公众不会允许
wouldn't allow spending on space exploration.

我们把钱花在太空探索上的