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Dude! Why don't we take all that excess nuclear waste to the sun?
话说，老弟们，我们为什么不把多余的核废料都扔到太阳上去呢？
Why don't we do that?
为什么不呢？
Hey Earthlings! Welcome to DNews. I'm Trace.
嘿，地球人！欢迎收看DNews。我是Trace。
Nuclear waste is a rough topic.
核废料是一个比较烫嘴的话题。
It's part of the reason people are opposed to nuclear power.
这也是人们反对应用核能的原因。
We're getting electricity today, sure, but we're creating something which could pollute for centuries.
我们是得到电能了，没错，但留下来的东西可是会污染好几百年的。
People ain't onboard with that.
正因为如此，在这个问题上，大家至今仍没有达成一致。
We got a question on our Facebook page, from Kody Vincent,
网友科迪·文森特在Facebook上问了我们一个问题，
asking exactly what I've been wondering since that crappy Superman: Quest for Peace movie.
他问的恰好也是《超人4：和平任务》这部烂片播出一来我就一直想问的一个问题。
He wants to know if we can launch nuclear waste into the sun.
他想知道，我们是否可以将核废料扔到太阳上去。
I love this idea, Kody.
我喜欢这个想法，科迪。
Seriously, thanks for asking.
我说真的，非常感谢你提了这个问题。
The sun's life of giving heat and light are a result of a constant nuclear fusion reaction.
太阳的发光发热都是持续不断的核聚变反应的结果。
If we were able to safely send the nuclear material towards the sun, it would burn up.
如果我们能安全地将核材料送到太阳上，那些材料就会燃烧光光。
Honestly, it would never even come close to the sun; It would burn up long before it got there.
老实说，它甚至根本就没办法到达太阳附近，肯定大老远就烧起来了。
But that's not the point.
但这不是重点。
Can we shoot it at the sun? Sure!
重点是，我们能把核废料发射到太阳上去吗？当然！
Will we? No!
我们会吗？不会！
When you picture nuclear waste,
提到核废料，
you probably think of the Simpsons and picture glowing rods or bubbling green goop.
你可能会想到《辛普森一家》里发光的核棒或冒泡的绿色粘液。
But nuclear waste is actually an umbrella term for a bunch of different things.
但核废料实际上是很多种东西的总称。
Sure, actual nuclear rods but also, clothing and tools used in radioactive areas, and even spare parts exposed to the radiation.
当然了，实实在在的核棒肯定是包含在内的，除此之外还有放射性区域使用的衣物和工具，甚至还有暴露在辐射中的备件等。
Of that, only 3% is high level radioactive material and that's the only bit we'd be launching.
在所有这些东西里，高放射性物质只占到了3%，但它们是我们唯一要发射的东西。
In 1999, the Space Studies Institute looked at the space disposal of high level material.
早在1999年，空间研究所就研究过高放射性物质的空间处理问题。
According to their assessment, by 2020, there will be over 77,000 pounds of spent nuclear fuel rods alone on earth.
据他们估计，到2020年，地球上的用过的核燃料棒就将达到7.7万磅。
Space access is expensive at thousands of dollars a pound, so it's a bit prohibitive cost wise.
要送到太空去，每一磅就要花费数千美元，这个花费就有点儿劝退了。
Even if money were no object, space technology has only existed for a little while, and it's not perfect.
就算咱不差钱，空间技术也是个问题，毕竟空间技术到今天也才发展没多久，还没到万无一失的地步。
NASA's missions do fail occasionally.
NASA的任务有时确实难免失败。
Go search for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory.
不信你去搜一搜轨道碳观测者你就知道了。
It crashed into the ocean, like 17 minutes after takeoff.
发射差不多第17分钟就坠入大海了。
That's real crappy if it's a satellite.
还好它只是个卫星，顶多也就是个烂字。
It's horrendous if it's high level nuclear material.
要换作高级核材料，那就太恐怖了。
And so far, we have not even scratched the surface of the problems with this idea,
到目前为止，我们甚至还没有触及到这一想法涉及的问题的皮毛，
which makes me kind of sad, because I was excited about it.
这让我有点儿难过，因为我对这个想法真的抱了很大的希望。
Not only would we have to get into space safely, we'd have to cancel the orbital velocity of the earth.
要解决这个问题，我们不仅需要安全地进入太空，还需要抵消地球的轨道速度。
Earth is moving real fast, you guys, and though the sun is big, it's not so big that we couldn't miss if we shot at it.
地球运动的速度是很快的，而且虽然太阳很大，但也没有大到我们朝它发射东西就绝对百发百中的地步。
The amount of energy that it would take to cancel out Earth's orbital velocity and then aim for the sun would be astronomically high.
一方面要抵消地球轨道速度，另一方面还要瞄准太阳，所需的能量简直就是天文数字。
We'd be better off using the rocket engines to kill it with fire once we got it into space.
与其往太阳上送，还不如把它们送入太空以后直接用火箭发动机把它们给消灭了。
Maybe if we had a Superman who could safely transport nuclear material directly into the sun, sure.
但如果有个超人能帮我们安全地把核材料直接运送到太阳上，那当然是再好不过了。
Maybe.
我是说如果哈。
But how much do you trust a guy with underwear on the outside of his pants?
问题是，一个内裤外穿的家伙，你又敢放心把这事儿交给他吗？
How do you feel about this? Betrayed? Relieved?
大家伙对此是什么感觉？感觉自己被背叛了？还是感觉松了一口气？
Explore your thoughts in the comments, just down here,
大家不妨去评论区找找灵感，评论就在视频下方噢，
and make sure that you subscribe for all of your science therapy.
还有，记得订阅我们的频道，让我们用科学来驱走你的疑问。
We will see you next time on DNews.
那我们就下期节目再见啦。
