72. Saving the World A student is talking to her teacher. S: I hear that scientists are planning to study asteroids and meteors, right? T: Yes. They want to determine whether Earth is in danger of being struck by such a rock. S: What if they discover that a big one is coming straight for us? T: In that case, there are two things they can do. They can launch rockets to push the rock off its course. S: So that it will miss Earth, right? T: Right. And if that fails, we can try destroying the rock with nuclear missiles. S: Wow! I never thought that nuclear weapons could save the world instead of ending it!