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Rocket hits the Moon

Part of a discarded rocket most likely impacted on the far side of the Moon on Friday. It isn’t clear at this time who the rocket belonged to. The effects of the impact on the Moon should have been minor.

Rob and Roy look at the vocabulary used in the headlines.

Vidiyoo daawwadhuuti shaakala kana xumuri

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The story

"Human beings are really ingenious and we've been able to solve the problem of getting satellites into orbit.

But what we haven't been able to solve is really how to clean up after ourselves", says Professor Hugh Lewis - professor at the University of Southampton and expert on space debris.

Key words and phrases

rogue
describes something that behaves abnormally, often in a way that causes damage

• The rogue company were selling their products on the black market.
• The secret agent went rogue and defected to the enemy.

collision course
on a path which will result in impact

• The pilot was unaware they were on a collision course with another plane.
• After her comments in the meeting, she was on a collision course with her manager.

calculate
come to a conclusion

• The accountants calculated that they needed to save £400,000 in order to avoid bankruptcy.
• I can’t calculate all of the possible outcomes.

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