They might, by attaching rocket motors to the incoming rock, or nudging its orbit with nuclear explosions, even be able to avert disaster.

通过在接近的小行星上安装火箭助推，或者通过核爆炸略微改变其的轨道，就有可能避免一场灾难。

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The equivalent of 24 gallons of frozen water, mixed in with the rock and dust that was thrown into the air when a rocket was deliberately crashed into a crater near the Moon's south pole last month.

美国宇航局利用一颗卫星撞向月球南部极点的一座火山口，在随之激向大气的岩石和灰尘中发现了大约24加仑的冰冻水。

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I'm shocked to see the pocket rocket made of a block of rock.

看到一块岩石做的小巧火箭，我感到震惊。

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Some have suggested we strap rocket motors to a threatening rock and nudge it away.

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"We were up on hills looking across Jerusalem, looking across at the Dome of the Rock and we saw a plume of smoke in the distance, which was a rocket landing, " he said.

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