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If a big asteroid with Earth's name on it were to reach us unimpeded, well, we could go the way of the dinosaurs.
如果一個以地球為目標的小行星暢通無阻的到達我們這里,嗯,我們就會重蹈恐龍滅絕的覆轍。
So a group of astronauts is advising the U.N. on a plan to protect the planet.
所以一群宇航員建議聯合國出臺一個保護地球的計劃。
“This is taking responsibility for the survival of life on planet Earth.” Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart.
“這需要為地球上生存的生命承擔起責任。”阿波羅宇航員魯斯提?斯威卡特這樣說道。
On October 25th, at a discussion of the issue at New York's American Museum of Natural History, its dinosaur skeletons a reminder of the danger of being unprepared.
當這個問題在10月25日紐約美國自然歷史博物館引發討論時，館里的恐龍骨架提醒著人們這一猝不及防的危險。
Last week, the General Assembly approved a preliminary set of asteroid defense measures.
上周,聯合國大會批準了一項小行星防御的初步措施。
For example, a system for nations to share info about incoming space rocks.
比如一套系統以供各個國家間分享關于即將來臨太空巖石的信息。
And a coordinated mission to deflect any asteroids found to be on a collision course with Earth.
而也有使發現的任何可能碰撞地球的小行星偏離軌道的協調任務。
“The biggest problem right now institutionally is…no government in the world today has explicitly assigned the responsibility for planetary deflection to any of its agencies.”
“現在面臨的最大問題是…當今世界沒有政府已經明確指派責任給任何行星偏轉機構”。
“NASA does not have an explicit responsibility to deflect an asteroid, nor does any other space agency.”
“美國宇航局沒有一個明確的偏轉小行星責任,任何其它空間機構也是這樣。”
Ultimately, the Earth's nations must work together to combat this extraterrestrial threat.
最終,地球上的各個國家必須共同努力應對這外星威脅。
Because when it comes to space rocks, they are definitely out there.
因為當談到太空巖石,這種威脅是肯定存在的。
