Indeed, the main purpose of quantitative easing is not to send the money supply into orbit but to stop it from crashing.

事实上，量化宽松的目的不是让货币供应进入轨道，而是要防止货币供应链垮掉。

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Since the orbiter, the Command Module, had already been thoroughly tested, a decision was made in August 1968 to send Apollo 8 into lunar orbit instead.

由于轨道舱和指令舱已经全部测试完成，于是就决定在1968年8月先把阿波罗8号发送到月球轨道。

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PASADENA, Calif. - Send a robot into space. Grab an asteroid. Bring it back to Earth orbit.

加州帕萨迪纳市——将机器人发射入太空，抓取一个小行星，然后把它拖回地球轨道。

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It's not the miniature robotic space shuttle that NASA's planning to send into orbit this month, but another of the space agency's unmanned vehicles has edged closer to its beginning its mission, with the "nearly autonomous" Global Hawk aircraft having completed a key test flight bright and early on April 2nd.

ENGADGET: NASA's unmanned Global Hawk completes key test flight

Yet this is a race, and whoever is the first to fulfill various objectives, such as being the first to send a man into orbit or a probe to Mars, garners more prestige.

FORBES: The Return of "Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space" Game

During the simulation of the 2029 encounter with Apophis, it became clear that under the right conditions, the asteroid would be deflected into a new orbit that would send it back to threaten Earth exactly seven years later.

ECONOMIST: The American Association for the Advancement of Science