Mae Jemison ethetha ngexesha leNew Star Exploration Initiative Breakthrough Starshot ngo-Epreli 12, 2016.IJemal Countess / imifanekiso kaFetty Nge-12 kaSeptemba, 1992, usomajukujuku uMae Jemison waba ngowasetyhini wokuqala wombala ukuhamba emajukujukwini xa wayesebenza njengengcali yezobunzululwazi kwi-STS-47 Spacelab-J. I-Jemison isungulwe kwiZiko leNdawo yaseKennedy eFlorida ngaphakathi Zama wabuyela emhlabeni ngoSeptemba 20 waloo nyaka, emva kweendlela ezili-127 zomhlaba. Kukhunjulwa isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-25 sokubhabha kwembali, uJemison ubamba itheko — elingu-25 elinamandla — phantsi Zama isiphekepheke esiseZiko lezeNzululwazi laseCalifornia eLos Angeles ngoSeptemba 15.
Njengokuba bekusenzeka, bekukho izinto ezimbalwa ezenzekayo, uJemison uxelele uMbonisi, ethetha ngendiza yakhe yokuqala. Kwakukho uluvo lokufezekiswa buqu, kodwa kwangaxeshanye, bekukho umba opheleleyo kunye nokuqwalaselwa okupheleleyo ngokuba ngumfazi wokuqala wase-Afrika usomajukujuku, nangakumbi, ukuba ngowasetyhini wokuqala wombala kwihlabathi ukuya emajukujukwini, uthe. Xa wayesemncinci, ukuhamba emajukujukwini kwakungaphezulu kwento awayejolise kuyo-wayeqinisekile ukuba iya kuba lilishwa lakhe. Njengentombazana encinci, ukukhula, bendihlala ndicinga ukuba ndiza kuya emajukujukwini. Mandiqinisekise ukuba icacile, wongeze watsho. Ndandihlala ndicinga njalo, ngaphandle kokuba i-U.S ibingathumanga nabaphi na abantu basetyhini phaya, okanye abantu bebala, ukuba ndiza kuhamba.
Emva kokubhabha kwakhe emajukujukwini, wayedla ngokuxelelwa ngamantombazana namabhinqa amancinci ukuba wayeyinkuthazo kangakanani kubo, kodwa uJemison ugxininisa ukuba kwakubalulekile nakumadoda amadala amhlophe, nakubantu abakwisikhundla sokugcina isango, ukuba babone uhambo lwakhe. Emva phaya ndandifuna nje abantu bathi, ‘Heyi, abagcini-masango kufuneka bayazi loo nto wonke umntu Unetalente. '
UGqirha Jemison waphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo eChicago, kwaye, eneminyaka eli-16 ubudala, wangena kwiYunivesithi yaseStanford. Uqhubekile wayokufunda amayeza kwiYunivesithi yaseCornell, egqiba izifundo kwiLos Angeles County / kwiziko lezonyango laseUSC. Wabhalisa kwi-Peace Corps njengegosa lezonyango, apho wayemi eSierra Leone naseLiberia. UJemison wabuyela e-United States ngo-1985, apho afunda khona kwizifundo zobunjineli ngelixa wayesebenza njengogqirha jikelele. Wonyulwa njengomgqatswa woosomajukujuku ngoJuni, 1987. Ngo-1993, emva kokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, warhoxa kwi-NASA waseka elakhe iqela labacebisi ngezobuchwephesha. Kwiminyaka engama-25 eyalandelayo, ufumene izidanga zobugqirha ezili-11; wayengowokuqala usomajukujuku ukuba avele kwi Star Trek; waseka iNkampu yeSayensi yeHlabathi ebizwa ngokuba nguMhlaba esiBelana ngawo; wenza i-Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence kwaye wangeniswa kwiHolo loDumo lwaBasetyhini. Kwimizamo yakhe eyahlukeneyo yesayensi ukusukela oko washiya i-NASA, uGqirha Jemison usebenze njengomcebisi kunye nenkuthazo kwabasetyhini kwezesayensi, abathi, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, badibana nezithintelo ezifanayo kunye nesimo sengqondo kwabasetyhini ebaleni njengoko uJemison ejongene nekota kwinkulungwane eyadlulayo.
Yintoni enomdla ngokwenene malunga neenkalo zesayensi kukuba abafazi kunye namantombazana bayayithanda isayensi. Benza kunye-okanye ngcono kunamakhwenkwe kwisayensi yonke indlela ukuya kwisikolo sebanga kunye nesikolo esiphakamileyo. Bangena kwikholeji bafuna ukungena kwicandelo lezenzululwazi, kwaye baphuma besiya kumanani aphezulu… nangona uninzi lweeprofesa zisithi abasetyhini ngabona bafundi bazimiseleyo ukuphumelela ngesidanga kwicandelo le-STEM, ucacisile. Oko ngokusisiseko kusixelela ukuba into iyenzeka ekholejini enokuthi ibe yinto enomdla. Ininzi enento yokwenza nendlela endicinga ukuba abantu basetyhini baphathwa ngayo ngoonjingalwazi babo nokuba bajongiwe njengabo basebenza nabo, utshilo uJemison.
Unethemba lokuba ukuba nabaphi na abantu basetyhini bayabuza beshiya icandelo lezenzululwazi ngenxa yesimo sengqondo sokucalucalulwa ngokwesini, ukuba bacinga ngaye. Ndiza kukuxelela ukuba unelungelo lokuba lapho, bendikhe ndakujikeleza ibhloko, kwaye ndinokuxelela ngokungathandabuzekiyo, ewe, unelungelo lokuba lapho. Ngamanye amaxesha abafazi babanjwa kumgangatho owahlukileyo. Ukuba umfazi uthetha into engachanekanga kanye okanye kabini, abantu bayikhumbula ngonaphakade. [Yiyo loo nto abantu basetyhini] begqibela ngokuba neentloni ngakumbi malunga nokuthetha ngezimvo zabo, utshilo. Waziva ukuba inkalipho yobutsha bakhe kwikholeji yamnceda ukuba aqhubeke nale mvakalelo, kunye noonjingalwazi awadibana nabo kwisebe le-Afrika kunye ne-Afrika laseMelika (apho waziphakamisa) ngokumnceda asuse amandla amabi wamazwi anomdla wokumbeka phantsi .
Ngokubhekisele kumbhiyozo wesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-25 sikaGqr. Imalunga nesikhumbuzo sam seminyaka engama-25, kodwa [ikwanjalo] malunga nento endiyenzileyo ngendawo yam etafileni, utshilo.
Kutshanje usebenze kwinkqubo ebizwa ngokuba yi-100 Year Starship esebenza kwiinjongo zokwenza uhambo lomntu ngaphaya kwenkqubo yethu yelanga ibe yinyani kule minyaka ilikhulu izayo. Okwangoku, nge-100 Year Starship, sijonge ekudaleni amaqonga okufumana abanye abantu babandakanyeke kwinani leendidi [zamabala] ahlukeneyo, ukuqinisekisa ukuba la manyathelo azuzisa ubomi emhlabeni, utshilo uGqirha Jemison. Kum kukwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuba wonke umntu uyaxhamla kwindyebo yale planethi.
