space junk

The greatest concern the authors raise is space debris-pieces of "junk" that orbit the earth, with the potential to cause serious damage if they collide with operational units, including the ISS.

报告作者们最大的担忧是太空残骸——在地球轨道上绕地球公转的一块块“垃圾”，如果与包括国际空间站在内的运行单位相撞，则可能会造成严重的破坏。

Nasa engineer Creon Levit said it was imperative that something was done about space junk.

美国宇航局工程师克里昂？莱维特表示，处理太空垃圾迫在眉睫。

Its purpose is unknown, and could be civilian: a project to hoover up space junk, for example.

目前还不知道该物体的目的是什么，不能排除民用目的：比如一个吸入太空垃圾的项目。

Red-faced astronomers only discovered it a few days before and until then they thought it was a piece of space junk.

这块红色的物体被发现以及有几天的时间了，在最后被证实其实只是一块太空垃圾。

The Germans are building robots that can collect pieces of space junk and bring them back to Earth to be safely destroyed.

德国人正在制造能够收集太空垃圾碎片并将其带回地球安全销毁的机器人。

Space walk, astronaut, spaceship, float, breathe, spacesuit, space junk.

太空漫步，宇航员，宇宙飞船，浮动，呼吸，宇航服，太空垃圾。

The drifting space junk may collides with the solar panels. The dynamics characteristic of the structure is an important indicator when spacecraft was designed.

漂移的太空垃圾可能与太阳能帆板发生碰撞，帆板结构的动力学特性也是设计需要考虑的重要指标。

Nasa is considering using lasers to deflect space junk around Earth and stop it colliding with satellites.

美国宇航局NASA目前正在打算利用激光给环绕在地球周围的太空垃圾来一次大扫除，目的是为了防止他们与卫星发生碰撞。

For example, when a U.S. satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2,000 pieces, increasing the amount of space junk.

例如,2009年,一颗美国卫星撞上一枚老旧的俄罗斯火箭时,它裂成了2000多块碎片,增加了太空垃圾的数量。

Have you ever seen some space junk with your own eyes?

你在空间站亲眼眼看到过太空垃圾吗？

It should be easier to reach an agreement on space junk than on greenhouse gases.

比起温室气体问题，太空垃圾问题应更容易达成共识。

What many people don't know is that junk has become a problem in outer space too.

许多人不知道的是,垃圾也已成为外太空的一大问题。

NASA says a large piece of space junk could pass within 2 miles at the station today, but notes it does not expect to be a problem.

NASA称，今日将由一大片太空垃圾进入国际空间站2英里范围之内，但是预计不会造成什么问题。

NASA says it believes a large piece of space junk is not going to be any threat to the astronauts in space.

NASA称，大片的太空垃圾不会对太空中的宇航员造成威胁。

In England scientists are testing a metal net that can be fired into space junk.

在英国,科学家正在测试一种可以发射到太空垃圾中的金属网。

The theory marks a change in approach from previous research which looked into using expensive military Star Wars-style lasers to destroy space junk.

利用军用的类似于星球大战的激光来清理太空垃圾，这样的一个理论与之前的研究有很大的区别。

It is the solar maximum period so some solar activity can be expected, and they have already laid the groundwork for their space junk claims.

现在是太阳活动峰期所以可以预期某些太阳活动，而且他们已经为太空垃圾的声明打好了底子。

Nudging would also be more accurate and it is thought the process could divert up to half of all space junk.

运用激光具有准确性高的特点，据预计，这样的方法可以清扫掉近一半的太空垃圾。

The lower drag can cause space junk to accumulate in orbit, which could result in a collision with the International Space Station or other spacecraft.

阻力变小会使太空垃圾积聚在轨道上，可能会与国际空间站或其他航天器相撞。

To reduce additional space junk, countries have agreed that all new space tools can only stay in space for 25 years at most.

为了减少额外的太空垃圾，各国同意所有新的太空工具最多只能在太空停留25年。

Many scientists also suggesting different ways to clean up space junk.

许多科学家还提出了清理太空垃圾的不同方法。

NASA says it believes a large piece of space junk is not going to be any threat to the astronauts in space.The rocket debris is expected to pass within 2 miles of the Shuttle Discovery and international space station tomorrow.

NASA称，大片的太空垃圾不会对太空中的宇航员造成威胁。明天，预期该火箭残骸将进入发现号航天飞机和国际空间站两英里之内。