Youmighthaveheardofcollisionsbetweencars,trainsandships,butsatellites?Itsoundslikesomethingfromamovie!Butsometimeslifecanbe1thanthemovies.OnFebruary11,aRussianmilitarysatellite,Kosmos2251,smashedintoaUScommunications
Youmighthaveheardofcollisionsbetweencars,trainsandships,butsatellites?Itsoundslikesomethingfromamovie!Butsometimeslifecanbe1thanthemovies.OnFebruary11,aRussianmilitarysatellite,Kosmos2251,smashedintoaUScommunicationssatelliteabout780kmaboveSiberiainRussia.The2mademorethan500piecesofdebris.
Thedebriscouldbevery3fornearbyspacecraft,evenatinypiececoulddogreatharm.Theaccidentoccurredinanorbitwhichmanysatellitesandotherspacecraft4.Itmeansthatsomecountriesmayhaveto5theirspacecraftintodifferentorbits.Itisthefirstsatellitecrashthathasbeenmade6.Peopleareworried,sincetheyunderstandhow7Earth’sorbithasbecomeinrecentyears.Beforetheaccident,therewerealreadyover300,000objects8theEarth.Therearesatellites(oldandnew),spacecraft,and9objects.TheUSandRussiahaveputthe10numberofobjectsinspace.Bothcountriesarecallingoncuttingspacejunk.Theyareaskingforinternationalcooperationtohelpsolvetheproblem.
1.A.worseB.strangerC.harderD.better
2.A.accidentB.satelliteC.spacecraftD.area
3.A.importantB.interestingC.dangerousD.difficult
4.A.useB.produceC.prepareD.share
5.A.moveB.makeC.reduceD.fix
6.A.famousB.publicC.successfulD.rapid
7.A.crowdedB.excitedC.developedD.touched
8.A.pullingB.circlingC.joiningD.pushing
9.A.anotherB.othersC.otherD.theother
10.A.largestB.smallC.sameD.bigger