That moon rock gave me a whole different perspective on history and the proverbial long run.

这块月亮上的岩石给了我对于历史和众所周知的“眼光长远”完全不同的视角。

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And in 2009, a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing, Apollo 11, given to the Dutch national museum in Amsterdam, proved to be nothing more than petrified wood.

在2009年，据称是来自人类首次登录月球时的阿波罗11的月球标本石被赠与位于阿姆斯特丹的荷兰国家博物馆，但是后来证明只是木头化石而已。

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The astronauts brought back specimens of moon rock.

宇航员带回了月球岩石的标本。

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Scientists say the rock was created very early in the life of the moon.

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Very similar to the famous Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the six-wheeled bot created by a team at Shanghai Aerospace System Engineering Institute is capable of cruising around the Moon at a reported 100 meters per hour, all the while snapping photos and collecting bits of moon rock for analysis and possible sale on eBay.

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And we learn from both that Mr Armstrong's first job on landing on the moon was to grab a rock.

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They started off with more than 1, 000 virtual Moon-sized objects made of rock and ice and simulated about 200 million years of planetary evolution.

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