James Menendez
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James Menendez spoke to one of Roman Systems Engineers, Missy Vess, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. We are in Greenbelt, Maryland, in NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. And I'm actually in the clean room right now with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. What is a clean room?
The clean room is where we build up and do a lot of the testing for the observatory. And since this is an optical mission, it's very important to keep it as clean as possible. So we work in a room that continually circles air through it to keep things as clean as possible through filters. And everybody who works in here has to be gowned up head to foot in what we call bunny suits to make sure that the telescope does not get dirty. So tell us about the telescope. What can it do that others can't?
Romanin iso asia on se, ettÀ meillÀ on niin kutsuttu wide field camera. Se on 300 megapikseliÀ kameraa. MeillÀ on 18 4000x4000 pikseliÀ tutkijoita. Se sopii yhden kuvan yli 100-200 eri kuvia Hubblella tai Jameson Weblla. Olemme voineet sopia yhden kuvan yli 100-200 eri kuvia Hubblella tai Jameson Weblla.
And what are you looking for? Anything in particular or are you just going to be scanning and see what you can find? So we have three main observations programs that we're looking to do. So one is a census of exoplanets, so planets that are orbiting around neighboring stars. Because we just don't know what's out there in the Milky Way and we don't really know who our neighbors are. So we're looking to discover as many different planets around other stars as possible.
Toinen asia, jota haluamme tehdÀ, on oppia enemmÀn tietoa keskeisestÀ energiaa ja keskeisestÀ mÀÀrÀstÀ. NÀmÀ ovat asioita, jotka ovat maailmassa. Ne tekevÀt suurin osa maailmaa, mutta emme tiedÀ paljon niistÀ, koska emme voi nÀyttÀÀ niitÀ oikeasti. Roman kanssa olemme kÀsittelemÀssÀ koko maailman, jotta nÀemme, miten asiat muuttuvat ja miten ne kehittyvÀt. Se auttaa kÀsittelemÀÀn tietoa siitÀ, mitÀ keskeinen energia ja keskeinen mÀÀrÀ ovat.
Juuri lyhyesti, mitÀ ajattelet siitÀ, jos ihmiset eivÀt ole tutkineet sitÀ? Olen vain englantilainen, joten laitan isoja kysymyksiÀ astrofysiikkalaisille. Erityinen energia on se vahva, jota tiedÀmme, joka vaikuttaa ympÀristön ympÀristöön. Sen jÀlkeen emme vielÀ tiedÀ, ja se on osa kaunista nÀkökulmasta, jota aloitamme. Voimme saada enemmÀn tietoa kuin koskaan, jotta voimme vastata niihin kysymyksiin.
KyllÀ, me laitamme dataa noin 12-16 tuntia pÀivÀssÀ. MeillÀ on enemmÀn dataa pÀivÀssÀ kuin 100 kertaa, mitÀ Hubble ja James Webb tekevÀt, mutta mitÀ tapahtuu on, ettÀ se menee ulos kouluun ja jokainen voi kÀyttÀÀ sitÀ. Se tulee ulos, jotta jokainen voi laittaa ja saada
whatever findings might be out there. And so we're going to rely on not just the science community at NASA or the universities, but anybody, anyone across the world. When is it going to be ready for launch? So we will be launching in early September. Right now we are close to the point where we'll pack it up for shipment. It will go down to Kennedy Space Center and we will be launching in early September.
The journalist gathered in Martyr Square in silence. No words needed to describe the pain, the outrage, after another colleague, Amal Khalil, was killed by Israel in Lebanon. The front page of the newspaper where she worked, Al-Akbar, featured a picture of her, microphone in hand, smiling.
Lebanese officials say she was deliberately targeted by Israel in southern Lebanon while seeking shelter after an earlier airstrike, and that the Israeli military then prevented rescuers from reaching her. Israel denies this, but says it is reviewing the case. The Committee to Protect Journalists says Israel has killed at least seven other reporters in Lebanon during this war, and dozens more before, both here and in Gaza.
I was on the phone with Amal and we had followed her exact location. And she was with her colleague, two ladies in the car, journalists. And the car in front of them was targeted first. And the two men in the car in front of them had died. So Amal and her colleague left their car and they went to a nearby home to take refuge.
Hieman myöhemmin israelilaiset lÀhettivÀt polttoaineen, jossa Amal ja hÀnen ystÀvÀnsÀ menivÀt asuksiin.
I think the Israelis have sufficient intelligence capacity to know exactly who was there before they bombed it. And they bombed it with fighter jets, so it was an explicit attack to assassinate Amal Khalil. Is it possible that they mistook her and her colleagues for a group of Hezbollah militants?
This is, I think, impossible considering the technology and the surveillance and the capacity of the Israelis to survey and follow up. And the evidence of this capacity is that they were able to assassinate very well protected Hezbollah military leaders. So they have the capacity to access information that can identify the persons they are targeting.
TÀmÀ on tieteellinen asia. Emme ole puhuneet opetuksista. TÀmÀ on heidÀn mahdollisuudensa ja heillÀ on kaikki tilaisuus tehdÀ sitÀ. Miksi ajattelit, ettÀ heidÀn olisi halunnut tappaa hÀnet?
KyllÀ, se on erittÀin hyvÀ kysymys. HÀn on saanut israelilaisista viime vuosina vaikeuksia. Ja moni hÀnen kollegansa oli itse asiassa tullut israelilaisiin viime viikkoina. Ja tiedÀtkö, ettÀ jÀrjestelmien tappaminen on hyvin selkeÀ asia israelilaisissa.
It's not the first time they kill journalists. I think it's very clear that they don't care because they get away with it every time. They keep doing it and it doesn't matter because the international community is so permissive and is allowing impunity for the Israelis. Impunity will encourage them to do more killing and kill everyone who actually supports the resistance against the Israeli occupation.
Do you ever expect to get any answers as to what happened and why it happened? In this case, we would expect international law to step in. We would expect international tribunals and the international community. However, it is very evident now that these mechanisms are dysfunctional. Unfortunately, apparently the world has lost its moral, ethical compass.
Voinko kysyÀ viimeisenÀ, kuinka muistat Amalaa, henkilöstÀ ja journalistista? Ajattelemme, ettÀ Amalan tukiminen oli myös meitÀ kaikille vaikutus. Se oli pysÀyttÀÀ hÀnen työtÀÀn. Me jatketaan Amalan työtÀ. Haluan vain sanoa, ettÀ Amal ei ollut vain journalisti.
Kun hÀn teki työtÀ jÀrjestelmÀssÀ, hÀn nÀki, kuinka paljon ihmisiÀ on kÀrsinyt. HÀn halusi myös tehdÀ kansainvÀlinen työtÀ. Olin aina töissÀ Amalissa, jossa lÀhettivÀt ruokaa ja pankkeja ihmisille, jotka olivat pysyneet Suomessa. HeidÀn asukkaansa olivat pysyneet israelilaisiksi.