Running a close second was the realization that stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea.

紧接着就是我认识到，仅仅因为创作困难，不论感情上的原因也罢，想象力缺乏也罢，就中途放弃一部作品，这样的做法不可取。

NASA is preparing to crash a probe into an asteroid some 11 million kilometers from Earth to assess how difficult it would be to stop a sizable piece of space rock hitting our planet.

美国国家航空航天局正准备将一枚探测器撞向距离地球约1100万公里的一颗小行星，以评估阻止一块大太空岩石撞击地球的难度。