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从理论上讲，虫洞或时光隧道不仅仅能把我们带到别的星球。如果两端在同一个地方，且由时间而非距离分离，在遥远的过去，飞船就能在地球附近自由出入。或许恐龙会看到飞船登陆的场景。
The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000mph. But to travel in time we"ll have to go more than 2,000 times faster.
在人类历史上，速度最快的载人飞船“阿波罗”10号，速度为每小时2.5万英里(约合每小时4万公里)，但要实现在时间中旅行，我们的速度必须是“阿波罗”10号速度的2000倍。
Now, I realize that thinking in four dimensions is not easy, and that wormholes are a tricky concept to wrap your head around, but hang in there. 如今，我意识到以四维方式思考并不容易，虫洞是一个令你绞尽脑汁的概念。
A well-known problem with time travel to the past, the problem of what we call paradoxes. Paradoxes are fun to think about. The most famous one is usually called the Grandfather paradox. I have a new, simpler version I call the Mad Scientist paradox.
一个原因可能是回到过去的时间旅行所存在的问题——我们称之为悖论，一个众所周知的问题。探讨悖论是一件很有趣的事情，最著名的悖论通常被称为“祖父悖论”。我有一个新的简化版本——“疯狂科学家”悖论。
I don"t like the way scientists in movies are often described as mad, but in this case, it"s true. This chap is determined to create a paradox, even if it costs him his life. Imagine, somehow, he"s built a wormhole, a time tunnel that stretches just one minute into the past.