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+ _0 I! B# ^0 R: L" H(86) 场景(上)天文学 第一篇(Jupiter)---$$$- I1 A" j; l3 e4 `
It's my pleasure to come to you today to talk about the (Galileo machine) to the planet Jupiter. Galileo was launched in 1989 and we have to wait until the end of 1995 for the spacecraft and its (probe探测针) to reach Jupiter. Of course there was some exciting moment for long wait. I first visited Dr. Black's Astronomy class--back to Galileo, had just visited the Asteroid Belt. I was able at that time to bring the Galileo's images of the Asteroid Gasper. That was the first time we got an up-close look at the Asteroid. It was just amazing. But there are also some disappointments. In April of 1991 we realized one of the (antennas天线) that was supposed to transmit data (have no functioned). That meant that we had to rely on the smaller antennas to give us data. But we have ended up been quite pleased with what we see from Galileo. As I mentioned before, at the end of 1995, the Galileo probe finally entered Jupiter's atmosphere. We knew Jupiter's position at that time will make communication with the spacecraft difficult, so we decided to (suspend data transmission). After waiting about half a year, we began to receive the data about Jupiter's atmosphere in satellites, and we continue collecting it for two years. And now what you all have been waiting for, direct images of Jupiter.5 @6 g$ t$ \( k+ ^6 c4 g% U
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, y' T# x# V' Y9 d5 \: r(87) 场景(上) 天文学 第三篇(Polluting space)---$$半
y: s" W) d0 ~4 e9 D3 [/ w& O' pS: This doesn’t have anything to do with the lecture, Dr. Brown. It's just something I was wondering about.
2 a2 L* s. c$ ^: \( HT: I'm always glad to entertain questions. ( @7 U3 Y* K. y- u9 h
S: What I want to know is, with all our (space exploration外层空间探索), aren't astronomers concerned that were polluting space, you know with spacecrafts and satellites?
& Y7 Y" l" X; F7 y3 _" {0 [T: That is an interesting question. Well, first of all, it's important to understand the space isn’t that pristine as you might think. More than 1000 tons of (debris碎片,残骸 enters the earth's)
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j) l9 A: M6 u4 v' e- A. MS: What? The spacecrafts don't need that much garbage? & b5 \( b9 l" u8 a
T: No, but there are (meteoroids流星体) entering our atmosphere almost constantly. You are familiar with what the moon's surface looks like, right?
7 a2 W4 u, X8 h) ^6 t1 VS: But we don't have these craters on earth. I don't understand.
* f, o& {# s6 HT: Remember the moon's lack of atmosphere means that even small meteoroids make craters. But most of the meteoroids that hit the earth's atmosphere melt or break up in the air.
' e7 c/ `4 v j. p! fS: Causing meteorite? The streaks of light we see is that meteoroids breaking up, isn't it?
N7 F. r0 V M/ f* Z2 CT: Yes, and getting back to your question about pollution, that's one way we could deal with the debris of <satellites> and spacecraft. The truth is we do have a lot of (orbiting debris轨道上的残骸), and traveling at 10 to 20 thousand miles per hour.
7 r( T- |9 u1 L% O, G# aS: Really? I wouldn't want to (collide碰撞,互撞) with anything going that fast. 5 p6 x+ z1 q# x0 c' m4 F
T: It's a real danger for spacecraft. But we could dispose the debris by simply sending it back into the earth's atmosphere. 7 }! s# I- i- w: S2 {" j" o' \ u
S: oh, so the debris was just burned up. Well, thanks a lot, Dr. Brown.2 y* n2 P& @" \& s& d
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