InterBEE REVIEW2012 (EN)

46/48

82“Uniting the world through international joint development on space” Tamegaya: “When will NASA launch its next rocket?”Grubbs: “A large-scale rocket is under construction and we are currently thinking about the mission details. I’m only guessing, but I think that it is inevitable we will return to the Moon and Lagrangian point. We will construct a spaceship to go the Moon, Lagrangian point and Mars. I think that Mars is an inevitable destination, however, I don’t think that the U.S. will do this alone. It will be a joint project with numerous countries. I think this will be an interna-tional spaceship.”“The reason being is solar system space exploration will be done on a global scale and I don’t think that the govern-ment of one country alone could afford to do this. I don’t think there will be lunar surface pictures taken solely by NASA any more. Spacewalks will probably be carried out in partnership with Russia, the EU, China and various other countries such as Japan.”“I am 46 but I still have the desire to go into space. Of course I would have more chance to go if I was 26. Unlike war, joint space exploration could unite the world.”Tamegaya: “That’s right”“Fully-equipped TV program production environment in NASA Centers” Tamegaya: “Is there a group in NASA in charge of visual programs?”Grubbs: “We have a Public Affairs Department. Each NASA Center has a fully-equipped environment to make TV programs. This mainly includes programs about science and engineering at each center, but educational programs are also made.”“To give you an interesting example, I could talk about the transit of Venus. It is a very rare, fantastic event, so many people from various centers including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center, and the Goddard Space Flight Center got involved. We placed a camera at the peak of a volcano in Hawaii, filmed it in 4K in real-time, and showed it via a live stream on NASA TV. This video was distributed with a story while switching regions across the world. This illustrates how a story can be composed in real-time while adding scientific data there and then in real-time.”

※このページを正しく表示するにはFlashPlayer10.2以上が必要です