A vision that is simultaneously optimistic and affordable; practical and, I believe, exciting. Why we Go to Space Space technology has been one of the defining forces of this century. The Soviet launch of Sputnik in October and the ensuing space race to the moon came to symbolize the conflict between the competing world views of communism and democracy.
Space became the ideological battlefield upon which each country sought to demonstrate its prowess and win global influence. This titanic struggle yielded dark moments -- such as the Cuban missile crisis -- where it seemed to many that technology would ultimately be the undoing of mankind. But there were also bright moments, such as the Apollo moon landing, where space technologies seemed to light a clear path to the future.
In following this path, the United States has discovered that: First, space applications are a practical and essential part of our daily lives. Satellites provide essential communication services to both the developed and the developing world. Whether it is the global distribution of news and entertainment, or the regional delivery of health care and educational programming, satellites constitute a critical component of the emerging Global Information Infrastructure.
Space also provides a unique vantage point from which to analyze and monitor our complex planet. Satellites have dramatically increased our ability to predict the weather and its many consequences; Multi-spectral imagery from space has provided unprecedented advances in regional and global resources management; and, satellites for treaty verification have helped us to keep the peace.
Finally, the diverse scientific, military, and commercial applications of the Global Positioning System are revolutionizing how we work, play and travel. Although originally developed for military use, the United States has welcomed the global use of GPS for a wide range of peaceful purposes and anticipates the pivotal role that GPS could play in the global air traffic management systems of the future.
Second, space research and technology can make us better stewards of our planet. The very first images of the Earth from weather satellites and from the Apollo missions literally changed our view of the planet. In these pictures -- particularly the one known as the "Blue Marble" -- the Earth, hanging in empty space, seemed, for the first time, small and fragile.
Astronaut Bill Anders, remembering his first view of Earth from the Apollo 8 command module, said: "Looking at the Earth and seeing it floating like -- I thought, since it was Christmastime -- a little Christmas tree ornament against an infinite black backdrop of space It was this view of the fragility and finiteness of the Earth that is the impression, frankly, that I hold more in my head than any other. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, who later pointed out that although we had sent highly sophisticated spacecraft to study other planets, we had not taken a similar interest in our own planet.
She led a study group that recommended a program to accomplish this task and dubbed it, somewhat ironically, "Mission to Planet Earth.
Space technology can play a pivotal role in this research. Satellite measurements also played a critical role in monitoring and understanding ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere, thereby averting a major health and biological catastrophe. And we are just getting started. Some two dozen missions to study the global environment will be flown by the year NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, and its companion programs in the US and other nations, are building the knowledge base that is a critical prerequisite for achieving a sustainable future.
Third, space exploration is providing phenomenal insights into the nature of the Universe. Indeed, astronomer John Bahcall has called it -- perhaps with only a little exaggeration -- the most important year to be alive for astronomers since the dawn of man.
The Hubble Space Telescope is simply wowing the world. Most recently, it has given us striking evidence that the universe may be billions of years younger than we thought. It's found conclusive evidence that massive black holes exist at the core of active galaxies.
And, it's brought us the first views of infant galaxies, which formed only about two billion years after the Big Bang. And that's not all. Hubble data have confirmed the existence of protoplanetary disks around newborn stars.
This is the strongest evidence yet that the same basic process that formed the planets in our Solar System may be common throughout the galaxy. Looking Earthward, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory contributed to the discovery of a strange new phenomenon known as upper atmospheric flashes that may provide a link between phenomena in the Earth's lower atmosphere and events in the upper layers of our atmosphere.
Such events may occur in the solar system only once every thousand years or more. The early detection of the comet by the Near Earth Object Program allowed unprecedented preparation to observe this event from ground and space-based observatories, sparking worldwide interest from the scientific community and the public.
And finally, cooperation in space offers us a new vision of global cooperation: International cooperation in space offers a rare opportunity for nations to pool their interests and resources in exciting and challenging ventures. Such cooperation is a laudable successor to the dark conflict that characterized the birth of the space program. The Apollo moon landing was, assuredly, an American victory, yet it seemed then, as now, "a giant leap for all mankind. For years, the US and Russian space programs continued along their separate paths, not really competitors, not yet partners.
Then the Berlin Wall came down. The Soviet Union fell apart under its own weight. And the world changed dramatically. The space programs of both countries had to adapt to a changing world. There are so many interesting issues underlying this question at the intersection of mathematics, statistics, computational science, and physical modeling. The race is now on to take it to the next level. DOE Dept.
Another , women left the labor force in January in the United States. These are women who were working and now are no longer doing so and are no longer even looking for employment. The total number of women who have left the labor force since the start of the pandemic reached more than 2. Read More. It is time to close the digital divide. A confluence of factors has led to this moment in history—yes, the pandemic, but also a number of other societal impacts and advancing technologies.
We are at the precipice of a shift—one where we can come together to redefine our world. In my last blog, I explained how in the next three years, 5G and Wi-Fi 6 are expected to more than double in importance, becoming the most critical wireless technologies for businesses.
From 5G to Wi-Fi 6, connectivity is offering industries new opportunities to communicate, changing the way we receive information. The opportunities are really endless, as I like to say. Can this help us end poverty, inequality, water shortages, hunger, you name it? The deployment of the first exascale supercomputers will be an important milestone for the global supercomputing community, which has been working toward this goal for more than a decade.
AI and ML machine learning are becoming increasingly important focal points within supercomputing. However, over the past few years, as data science challenges have grown across the commercial and academic sectors, the use of supercomputers to process large amounts of data has grown.
Couple to this the fact that it is now commonplace for the largest supercomputers to contain large numbers of accelerators based on GPUs. This makes these systems ideal platforms for the largest AI and machine-learning problems.
At the same time, the features of GPUs that make them very good at the training step of deep learning are gradually being added to CPUs low and mixed-precision floating point arithmetic and matrix operations, for example.
Responding to this need, we design and integrate intrinsic security into every layer of the stack. The most foundational element of our approach is a secure and reliable supply chain that ensure minimal disruption to businesses and eliminates threats before implementation. We also track every solution sold from the component level and up; from the moment the chip is put on the motherboard through delivery to the end customer. Rather, our approach has been to create a horizontal platform, where our ecosystem partners can build solutions for vertical, geographical or very specific horizontal use cases.
In my view, this collaborative approach will drive massive opportunity. IDC concurs, estimating in its FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry Predictions that by , there will be an percent growth in the number of applications being launched at the Edge.
I envision it becoming more pervasive in our homes, workplaces and streets, and supporting our daily decision making. From connected healthcare devices to public safety initiatives through to autonomous cars, Edge technology will play a valuable role in saving lives, reducing injuries and preventing crime, ultimately making all our lives safer and richer.
Skip to content. Products Products Overview. Technology Solutions Technology Solutions Overview. Service and Support Service and Support Overview. A competitive advantage The rationale for this shift is clear. Moving to the Edge One imperative to success is extending trusted IT-grade infrastructure to the Edge so that Operations Technology OT can be efficiently deployed, managed, integrated and supported. Intrinsic security As compute and data creation become more decentralized and distributed, security challenges will inevitably become more complex.
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