Asteroid

小行星和彗星在地球生命史上扮演著重要的角色。小行星撞擊墨西哥灣很可能導致恐龍滅絕。巨大的潮汐和火風暴毀滅了所有的生命。根據基督教日曆，現在是 2067 年。火星和木星之間的小行星帶剛剛發生了碰撞，導致一顆小行星進入地球的引力範圍。它正不可阻擋地接近這顆藍色星球。由於地球人民一直在互相爭鬥，他們錯過了建立全球防禦系統來抵禦來自太空的危險。一台掃描器記錄下了這顆小行星，並立即向英美聯盟總統發送了資訊。專家判斷，小行星撞擊地球的概率為 50%。人們計畫用火箭、氫彈或鐳射槍射擊這個天體，使它偏離軌道，但都失敗了。小行星的體積似乎威脅著人類的生存。知情者困惑地望著夜空。但就目前而言，地球上還是一片祥和......

作曲家: Otto M. Schwarz
樂器: Concert Band
原文簡介:
Asteroids and comets have played an important role throughout the history of life on earth. It is quite probable that the dinosaurs have been exterminated by an asteroid's impact in the Gulf of Mexico. Huge tidal waves and fire storms wiped out all life. This is the year 2067 according to the Christian calendar. A collision has just taken place in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and caused an asteroid to enter the earth's power of gravitation. It is instoppably approaching the blue planet. As its peoples have been fighting each other continuously, they missed the building of a global defence system against dangers coming from space. A scanner records the asteroid and immediately sends a message to the President of the Anglo-American Union. The probability that the asteroid will hit the earth is judged 50% by the experts. Plans are made to shoot the celestial body with rockets live with hydrogen bombs or laser guns in order to throw it off its track, but they fail. The asteroid's size seems to threaten the existence of mankind. Those in the know stare at the night sky in bewilderment. But for the time being, there is still peace on earth...