Zomwe Akazi a Vaughan Amatiphunzitsa (ndipo angatiphunzitse ku US)

Mwinamwake mwakhala mukuwona filimu Yobisika Ziwerengero. Mwinamwake mudalimbikitsidwa ndi chithunzi chake cha akazi atatu akuda akuchita bwino chifukwa cha luso lawo lodabwitsa pankhani ya tsankho lamtundu ndi jenda. Kuchokera pamalingaliro awa, filimuyi ndi yolimbikitsa kwambiri komanso yoyenera kuwonedwa.

Ndiloleni ndikuwonjezereni maphunziro ena awiri kuchokera mu kanemayu kuti muganizire. Monga munthu yemwe anali katswiri wa masamu kusukulu yasekondale ndi koleji, Ziwerengero Zobisika ndizopambana kwa ife omwe timafuna kupambana ndi mawerengedwe ndi ziwerengero zamalingaliro. 

Chakumapeto kwa ntchito yanga ya ku koleji, ndinachita maphunziro a masamu kuchokera kwa pulofesa wolimbikitsa wa NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory dzina lake Janet Meyer. Tinakhala magawo ambiri a kalasilo kuwerengera momwe tingayikitsire galimoto yamlengalenga mozungulira Mars, ndikulemba ma code kuti tipange kompyuta yayikulu kutithandiza kuwerengera kwathu. Chifukwa chake, kuyang'ana ngwazi zitatu zomwe zopereka zawo sizinayimbidwe kugwiritsa ntchito luso lawo la masamu kuti apambane zinali zolimbikitsa. Kuwerengera kumalemba zonse zomwe timapanga ndikuchita, ndichifukwa chake STEM ndi mapulogalamu ena ndi ofunika kwambiri, ndipo chifukwa chake tiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti aliyense ali ndi mwayi wopeza maphunziro omwe amafunikira. Tangoganizani zomwe mapulogalamu athu amlengalenga akanataya ngati Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan ndi Mary Jackson sanapatsidwe mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo ndi luntha lawo ku maphunziro apamwamba.

Ndipo pa lingaliro lachiwiri, ndikufuna kuwunikira m'modzi mwa ngwazi, Mayi Vaughan. M'mawu otsanzikana a Purezidenti Obama, adatchulapo momwe makina amagwirira ntchito pakatikati pakutha kwa ntchito komanso kusintha kwa ogwira ntchito athu. Tili ndi gulu lalikulu la anthu m'dziko lathu omwe amamva kuti akusiyidwa, osiyidwa komanso okwiya. Anawona ntchito zawo zopanga zinthu ndi ntchito zina zikuzimiririka m’zaka makumi ambiri, kuwasiya ndi chikumbukiro cha ntchito zolipidwa bwino ndi mapindu abwino okhala ndi makolo awo ndi agogo awo.

Kanemayu akuyamba ndi Mayi Vaughan akugwira ntchito pansi pa Chevrolet yawo ya '56 ndipo timayang'ana pomwe amadutsa poyambira ndi screwdriver kuti galimotoyo itembenuke. Pamene ndinali kusukulu ya sekondale, maola ambiri ankathera pansi pa chivundikiro cha galimoto, kupanga masinthidwe, kuwongolera zofooka, kusintha makina ofunika kwambiri omwe timagwiritsa ntchito tsiku lililonse. M’magalimoto amasiku ano, n’zovuta kuganiza kuti mungathe kuchita zinthu zofanana. Zinthu zambiri zimathandizidwa ndi makompyuta, zimayendetsedwa ndi makompyuta komanso zimakhala zokhazikika (ndikuchita chinyengo, monga taphunzirira posachedwapa). Ngakhale kuzindikira vuto kumafuna kulumikiza galimoto ndi makompyuta apadera. Tatsala ndi luso losintha mafuta, mawiper akutsogolo, ndi matayala—pakali pano.

Koma mayi Vaughan sanangokwanitsa kuyambitsa galimoto yawo yokalamba, m'pamenenso luso lawo lokonza makina linayambira. Pamene adazindikira kuti gulu lake lonse la makompyuta aumunthu lidzatha pamene mainframe IBM 7090 idzayamba kugwira ntchito ku NASA, adadziphunzitsa yekha ndi gulu lake chinenero cha kompyuta cha Fortran ndi zofunikira zosamalira makompyuta. Adatenga gulu lake kuchoka pachimake kupita kutsogolo kwa gawo latsopano ku NASA, ndipo adapitilizabe kuchita nawo gawo lomaliza la pulogalamu yathu yazamlengalenga pantchito yake yonse. 

Ili ndiye yankho la kukula kwathu kwamtsogolo-. Tiyenera kuvomereza kuyankha kwa Akazi a Vaughan kuti asinthe, kudzikonzekeretsa tokha mtsogolo, ndikudumphira ndi mapazi onse awiri. Tiyenera kutsogolera, m'malo motaya phazi lathu panthawi ya kusintha. Ndipo zikuchitika. Ku United States konse. 

Ndani akadaganiza kale kuti lero tikhala ndi malo opangira 500 omwe adafalikira m'maiko 43 aku US omwe amagwiritsa ntchito anthu 21,000 kuti azigwira ntchito yopangira mphamvu zamagetsi? Makampani opanga ma solar ku US amakula chaka chilichonse ngakhale kuti makampani aku East Asia akuchulukirachulukira. Ngati a Thomas Edison anatulukira babu la nyali, nzeru zaku America zidaliwongola bwino ndi nyali yamphamvu zonse, kumupanga mu US Installation, kukonza, ndi kukweza, zonse zimathandizira ntchito zaku US m'njira zomwe sitinaganizirepo. 

Ndi zophweka? Osati nthawi zonse. Nthawi zonse pamakhala zopinga. Zitha kukhala zaukadaulo, zitha kukhala zaukadaulo, titha kuphunzira zinthu zomwe sitinaphunzirepo. Koma n’zotheka ngati tigwiritsa ntchito mpata. Ndipo izi ndi zomwe Akazi a Vaughan adaphunzitsa gulu lawo. Ndipo zimene angatiphunzitse tonsefe.