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[Nancy Grace Roman’s Legacy] [Music throughout]

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Neta Bahcall: I’ve always admired

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Nancy for many reasons, for

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her personality, for her determination, and

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strength of character. For being

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always a straight-shooter, no-nonsense person

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and knowing how to get things done. Ed Weiler: And what most

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astronomers don’t know, even though there are thousands and thousands and

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thousands, and that’s not an overstatement, of astronomers today

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who owe their careers, who owe their careers to the Hubble

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Space Telescope data. That is getting Hubble Space Telescope

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helped them publish, helped them get promoted, helped them tenure, etc, etc

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etc. They owe that debt of gratitude

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to Nancy Roman because she made this system happen.

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Bonnie Patterson: While I never had the privilege of meeting Dr. Roman, I’m inspired to be working

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the observatory with her namesake. Neta: She has been a role model

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not only for me but for many other

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scientists, especially women scientists. Bonnie: As a

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woman in STEM, I’ve met my share of adversity and bias over the years,

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and I’m so proud and privileged to be working on such an amazing mission

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that has chosen to honor one of the first women pioneers in this field.

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Neta: She has been a remarkable role model,

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a remarkable scientist, and

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leader, and so

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excited to have this telescope named after

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my colleague and friend, Nancy Roman. Ed: NASA

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naming the WFIRST telescope after Nancy Roman was

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long overdue. I give

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high credit to NASA, they have succeeded where others have

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failed in terms of recognizing this woman who has had such an impact

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on the field of space astronomy. When Nancy came

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to NASA there was no space astronomy, period. There was

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ground-based astronomy. Everybody did astronomy from the ground and were stuck looking through

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that yucky atmosphere we have above us. Nancy made

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things happen. Bonnie: I would like to take this opportunity to say how privileged we are at

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L3Harris to work on the mission and to say ‘thank you’ to

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Nancy Grace Roman for paving the way for the rest of us. I wouldn’t be here

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without women like you. [Music]

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