Ka mea a Mrs. Vaughan e aʻo mai ai iā mākou (a hiki iā ia ke aʻo iā US)

Ua hele paha ʻoe e ʻike i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Hidden Figures. Ua hoʻoulu ʻia paha ʻoe e kāna hōʻike ʻana i ʻekolu mau wahine ʻeleʻele e kūleʻa ana ma muli o ko lākou mana kupaianaha i ka pōʻaiapili o ka hoʻokae ʻana i ka lāhui a me ke kāne. Mai kēia hiʻohiʻona, he mea hoʻoikaika maoli ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni a pono ke ʻike.

E ʻae mai iaʻu e hoʻohui i ʻelua mau haʻawina hou mai ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni nau e noʻonoʻo ai. Ma ke ʻano he nerd makemakika koʻikoʻi ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe a me ke kulanui, ʻo Hidden Figures kahi lanakila no mākou e ʻimi nei i ka kūleʻa me ka helu helu a me nā ʻikepili kumu. 

Ma kahi kokoke i ka pau ʻana o kaʻu ʻoihana kulanui, ua lawe au i kahi papa makemakika mai ke kumu hoʻolalelale mai ka NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory i kapa ʻia ʻo Janet Meyer. Ua hoʻohana mākou i nā kau he nui o ia papa no ka helu ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi kaʻa ākea i ka orbit a puni Mars, a me ke kākau ʻana i nā code e hana i ka lolouila kumu nui e kōkua iā mākou i kā mākou helu ʻana. No laila, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i nā poʻe koa ʻekolu i hāʻawi ʻole ʻia e hoʻohana i kā lākou mau mākau makemakika e kūleʻa ai. Hoʻopili nā helu i nā mea a pau a mākou e hana ai a hana, a ʻo ia ke kumu nui o STEM a me nā papahana ʻē aʻe, a no ke kumu e pono ai mākou e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe āpau i ka hoʻonaʻauao e pono ai lākou. E noʻonoʻo i ka nalowale ʻana o kā mākou papahana lewa inā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia iā Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan a me Mary Jackson ka manawa e hoʻokaʻawale i ko lākou ikaika a me ka naʻauao i ka hoʻonaʻauao kūlana.

A no ka manaʻo ʻelua, makemake wau e hōʻike i kekahi o nā meʻe, ʻo Mrs. Vaughan. Ma ka haʻi ʻōlelo aloha a ka Pelekikena Obama, ua haʻi ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka automation i ke kumu o ka nalowale o nā hana a me nā loli i kā mākou limahana. He nui ka poʻe o ko mākou ʻāina i haʻalele, haʻalele a huhū. Ua ʻike lākou i ka nalowale ʻana o kā lākou hana hana a me nā hana ʻē aʻe i loko o nā makahiki he mau makahiki, e waiho wale ana iā lākou me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā hana i uku maikaʻi ʻia me nā pōmaikaʻi maikaʻi i mālama ʻia e ko lākou mau mākua a me nā kūpuna.

Wehe ʻia ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni me Mrs. Vaughan e hana ana ma lalo o kāna '56 Chevrolet a ke nānā nei mākou i kona hala hope ʻana i ka mea hoʻomaka me ka screwdriver e hoʻohuli i ke kaʻa. I koʻu wā i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, nui nā hola i hoʻopau ʻia ma lalo o ka uhi o kahi kaʻa, hana i nā hoʻololi, hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hemahema, hoʻololi i ka mīkini maʻamau a mākou i hoʻohana ai i kēlā me kēia lā. I kēia mau kaʻa, paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo e hiki ke hana i nā mea like. Nui nā ʻāpana i kōkua ʻia e ka lolouila, mālama ʻia i ka uila a me ke kaulike maikaʻi (a me ka hana hoʻopunipuni, e like me kā mākou i aʻo ai). ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kahi pilikia e pono ai e hoʻopili i kahi kaʻa i nā kamepiula kūikawā. Ua waiho ʻia mākou me ka hiki ke hoʻololi i ka ʻaila, nā wipers windshield, a me nā kaila - ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i kēia manawa.

ʻAʻole naʻe i hiki iā Mrs. Vaughan ke hoʻomaka i kāna kaʻa ʻelemakule, ʻo ia kahi i hoʻomaka ai kona mākaukau mīkini. I kona ʻike ʻana e lilo ana kāna hui holoʻokoʻa o nā kamepiula kanaka i ka wā i hoʻohana ʻia ai ka IBM 7090 ma NASA, ua aʻo ʻo ia iā ia iho a me kāna hui i ka ʻōlelo kamepiula Fortran a me nā kumu kumu o ka mālama kamepiula. Lawe ʻo ia i kāna hui mai ka wā kahiko a hiki i ka laina mua o kahi ʻāpana hou ma NASA, a hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻoki ʻana o kā mākou papahana lewa i kāna ʻoihana. 

ʻO kēia ka hopena o kā mākou ulu ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana– . Pono kākou e ʻapo i ka pane a Mrs. Vaughan no ka hoʻololi, hoʻomākaukau iā kākou iho no ka wā e hiki mai ana, a lele i loko me nā wāwae ʻelua. Pono mākou e alakaʻi, ma mua o ka nalo ʻana i ko mākou wāwae i nā manawa o ka hoʻololi. A ke hana nei. A puni ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. 

ʻO wai ka mea i manaʻo i kēlā lā i kēia lā e loaʻa iā mākou nā hale hana 500 i hoʻolaha ʻia ma 43 mau mokuʻāina ʻAmelika e hoʻohana ana i 21,000 poʻe e lawelawe i ka ʻoihana mana makani? Ke ulu nei ka ʻoihana hana lā ma US i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻoiai ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana ma Asia Hikina. Inā hoʻokumu ʻo Thomas Edison i ka puʻupuʻu kukui, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka ʻike ʻAmelika iā ia me ka LED maikaʻi loa, hana iā ia i ka US Installation, mālama, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā hana a pau o US ma nā ala a mākou i moeʻuhane ʻole ai. 

He mea maʻalahi? ʻAʻole mau. Aia mau keakea. He logistical paha lākou, ʻenehana paha, pono mākou e aʻo i nā mea a mākou i aʻo ʻole ai ma mua. Akā hiki iā mākou ke hopu i ka manawa kūpono. A ʻo ia ka Mrs. Vaughan i aʻo ai i kāna hui. A he aha kāna e aʻo mai ai iā kākou a pau.