Traveling Billions Of Miles Into Space | September 19, 2024
Summary
TLDROn CNN 10, the Federal Reserve's first interest rate cut in over four years signals a potential economic boost and relief for borrowers. Meanwhile, Voyager 1, the first spacecraft to exit the heliosphere, continues to explore deep space, with NASA engineers reigniting its thrusters after decades. Four Ocean, an organization founded by surfers, is tackling the global plastic pollution crisis, particularly in oceans, with innovative cleanup efforts. Lastly, decommissioned rail cars are repurposed into underwater reefs off the Georgia coast, fostering marine life habitats.
Takeaways
- 📉 The Federal Reserve has announced a cut in interest rates for the first time in over four years, signaling confidence that inflation is being managed.
- 💰 Inflation, which reached a peak of 9.9% in 2022, has been a significant concern, impacting the cost of goods and services, particularly in food and housing.
- 🏦 High inflation leads to higher interest rates, making borrowing from banks more expensive, affecting loans for cars, houses, and businesses.
- 📉 The Federal Reserve's decision to lower interest rates could benefit borrowers and stimulate the economy by encouraging spending.
- 🛰️ Voyager 1, launched in 1977, was the first spacecraft to venture beyond Earth's heliosphere, continuing to provide valuable data from deep space.
- 🔧 NASA engineers have successfully reignited thrusters on Voyager 1 that had been dormant for decades, ensuring its ongoing communication with Earth.
- 🌊 Four Ocean, an organization founded by two American surfers, is dedicated to cleaning up the world's oceans, rivers, and coastlines, starting with local efforts.
- 🚢 In Guatemala, Four Ocean has installed a containment boom system to collect plastic waste, which is then sorted and transformed into products or energy.
- 🌐 The global plastic pollution crisis is a significant threat, with an estimated 18 million kg of plastic entering the Motagua River in Guatemala annually.
- 🎓 Students from Bradley Central High School in Tennessee are recognized for their hard work and positive attitudes.
Q & A
What significant action did the Federal Reserve announce regarding interest rates?
-The Federal Reserve announced its decision to cut interest rates for the first time in over four years, signaling confidence that inflation is starting to come under control.
What is the impact of high inflation on borrowing costs?
-High inflation leads to high interest rates, making it more expensive to borrow money from banks, which in turn increases the cost of financing cars, houses, business loans, and even carrying a balance on some credit cards.
What was the peak percentage of inflation in the United States in 2022?
-The peak of inflation in the United States in 2022 was 9.9%.
What is the Federal Reserve's hope for the economy following the interest rate cut?
-The Federal Reserve hopes that the policy move to cut interest rates will stimulate the economy and encourage people to spend more.
Which spacecraft was the first to reach beyond Earth's heliosphere?
-Voyager 1 was the first spacecraft to reach beyond Earth's heliosphere in 2012.
What year was Voyager 1 launched, and what was its mission?
-Voyager 1 was launched on September 5th, 1977, with a mission to explore outer space beyond the solar system.
What challenges did NASA face in keeping Voyager 1 operational after 46 years?
-NASA faced challenges such as the need to fire up thrusters that had not been used in decades and to find creative ways to keep the aging spacecraft functioning.
What is the estimated amount of plastic entering the ocean every 60 seconds?
-It is estimated that every 60 seconds, a dump truck's worth of plastic enters the ocean.
What is the mission of the organization '4Ocean'?
-4Ocean is on a mission to clean up the world's oceans, rivers, and coastlines, with a focus on local cleanups and engaging local communities.
How does 4Ocean contribute to the local economy while cleaning the oceans?
-4Ocean contributes to the local economy by providing jobs for fishermen and fisherwomen whose livelihoods have been affected by plastic pollution, allowing them to clean their local community while earning a fair wage.
What is the purpose of sinking decommissioned rail cars into the ocean off the coast of Georgia?
-Decommissioned rail cars are sunk to create artificial reefs that provide habitats for marine wildlife, supporting biodiversity and underwater ecosystems.
Outlines
📉 Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve has announced a cut in interest rates for the first time in over four years, indicating that inflation may be stabilizing. This move is significant for borrowers who have been affected by high interest rates, making loans for cars, houses, and businesses more expensive. The Federal Reserve's decision could be a pivotal moment for the US economy, as it aims to stimulate economic activity. However, there are concerns about the job market showing signs of weakness, with historically low unemployment rates. The script also includes a trivia question about Voyager 1, the first spacecraft to pass Earth's heliosphere, and discusses its ongoing mission to gather data from interstellar space.
🌍 Tackling Ocean Plastic Pollution
The script highlights the issue of plastic pollution, particularly in oceans, and introduces an organization called 'Four Ocean' that is dedicated to cleaning up oceans, rivers, and coastlines. Co-founded by American surfers, the organization has been working in locations like the Florida Keys, Bali, and Guatemala. They have built a containment boom system to collect plastic waste, which is then sorted, weighed, and transformed into various products, including bracelets that help finance their operations. The script emphasizes the importance of engaging local communities in the cleanup efforts and the need to address the root causes of plastic pollution to protect marine life and human health.
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Keywords
💡Federal Reserve
💡Inflation
💡Interest Rates
💡Voyager 1
💡Heliosphere
💡Plastic Pollution
💡Mangrove Estuaries
💡Containment Boom System
💡Upcycling
💡Reef Project
Highlights
Federal Reserve announced its first interest rate cut in over four years
Interest rate cut signals confidence in inflation control
Inflation rates reached a peak of 9.9% in 2022
High inflation leads to high interest rates, affecting borrowing costs
FED's decision could be a turning point for the US economy
Voyager 1 spacecraft reached beyond the heliosphere in 2012
Voyager 1 continues to send data from billions of miles away
NASA engineers had to get creative to keep Voyager 1 operational
Voyager 1's instruments are still functional after 46 years
Four Ocean is on a mission to clean up oceans, rivers, and coastlines
Plastic pollution is a significant threat to the planet's future
Four Ocean built a containment boom system in Guatemala
Plastic waste is sorted and transformed into products or energy
Four Ocean has collected over 16 million kg of waste worldwide
Four Ocean engages local communities in cleanup efforts
Out-of-commission rail cars are being sunk to create underwater reefs
Reef project aims to develop habitats for marine wildlife
Bradley Central High School in Tennessee recognized for hard work and positive attitudes
Transcripts
[Music]
hello everyone I'm KY wire happy to be
here with you this Friday Eve it's
Thursday September 19th and I've got 10
minutes to get you you caught up on your
news for the day right here on CNN 10
first up the Federal Reserve announced
its cutting interest rates for the first
time in more than four years it's a sign
of confidence from the FED officials
that inflation is starting to come under
control the Federal Reserve sets
monetary policy and has been taking
steps to make interest rates go down and
we've talked a lot about inflation here
over the last year inflation remember is
an increase in the price of goods and
services after the pandemic surging
prices reached a peak of 99.1% inflation
in 2022 those high prices came down a
bit but have stayed High since then
especially in food and housing and high
inflation means High interest rates it
makes borrowing money from Banks more
expensive so the announcement is big
news for borrowers who've been waiting
for those interest rates to come down
the FED has kept borrowing costs at
their highest level in more than two
decades making it more expensive and
difficult to finance a car a house or
business loan or even carry a balance on
some credit cards the FED hopes this
policy move will stimulate the economy
and get folks spending more again but
hanging in the balance is the American
job market which has shown signs of
weakness lately still unemployment rates
have stayed historically low overall the
decision could Mark a crucial turning
point for the US economy for consumers
who are fed up with the highest costs in
decades 10se second trivia Voyager 1 is
the first spacecraft to make it past
what boundary in outer space Earth's
exosphere Van Allen radiation belt
heliosphere or Kyper belt
your answer here is heliosphere in 2012
Voyager 1 was the first spacecraft to
reach beyond the region of space made up
of charged particles from the sun's
upper
atmosphere the Voyager one has proved
it's the little spacecraft that could it
lifted off into space September 5th in
1977 and it's still journeying into
parts of space humans have only dreamed
of going engineers at Nasa have
successfully fired up a set of rusters
Voyager 1 hasn't used in decades when
they ran into an issue that could have
prevented the 47-year-old spacecraft
from communicating with Earth they had
to get creative with ways to keep the
Aging craft going as the farthest
spacecraft from Earth NASA hopes Voyager
one will keep sending back incredible
new data from billions of miles away for
aging spacecraft 46 years now they're
actually very healthy we have lift off
of the Titan Centaur carrying the first
of two void spacecraft to extend man's
senses farther into the solar system
than ever before from a scientific
standpoint what's critical about Voyager
today is the record of data that it's
taking from Earth right out through the
outer Helio sheet across a helops and is
far into Interstellar space as we can
make that data last because we can see
the changes in the data changes in the
environment as we travel further and
further away they were identical at
launch different things have failed on
the spacecraft differently so if you
think of twins you one has lost its
hearing and and needs some hearing aids
and another one has lost a bit of some
sense of touch but for aging spacecraft
46 years now they're actually very
healthy Voyager has instruments
remaining on and operating that can
measure things like the magnetic field
the electrons protons and the particles
that are around the spacecraft a lot
going on in in a place where you can't
really see the particles but still a lot
that we can measure and learn about the
environment outside this bubble that's
generated by the solar wind we've turned
off many instruments most obviously the
instruments that were designed to really
look at the planets those we turned off
after the Neptune encounter in order to
repurpose the memory for the
interstellar Mission when we turned the
instrument heaters off and they got much
colder they had to recalibrate but
detectors often like being colder that
their SE to noise improves and it's so
in a certain sense we got a benefit out
of turning off the heaters that the
instruments were actually in some cases
slightly more
sensitive plastic pollution is a growing
threat to the future of our planet
especially in the ocean where much of
the waste ends up harming animals and
possibly even human health today on call
to Earth we hit the water with an
organization that's on an ambitious
mission to clean up the world's oceans
rivers and coastlines
[Music]
this is the mouth of Guatemala's motagua
River topping the list as the country's
longest river it's also one of Central
America's most polluted a tangible
reminder of a much larger Global
crisis it's estimated that every 60
seconds a dump trucks full of plastic is
entering the ocean Florida native Alex
Schulz first came face Toof face with
this issue on a surf trip to Bali with a
fellow ocean loving friend and that's
where we saw a crazy amount of plastic
pollution on the
coastlines in 2017 they launched four
ocean two American Surfers with an
ambitious and what some called crazy
dream to clean up the ocean most people
say ah what's even the point of even
trying but we believe that each step is
a step in the right direction cleanups
started locally like in the nearby
Florida Keys where Alex and the team
work to protect Mangrove estuaries from
a constant threat
these type of derc fishing gear and
ghost Nets pose a lot of dangers to the
mangroves number one it's going to
inhibit the natural growth of the
mangrove and mangroves are important to
our coastlines because it's our first
line of defense against any extreme or
increased weather systems that come
through but these days a primary focus
is put on their two International
locations Bali Indonesia where the idea
was
hatched and here in Guatemala where it
is the start of rainy season a time of
year when the country's biggest river
can grow much
bigger the real mataga is a huge River
and in such a little country the water
levels can rise and fluctuate even at 10
ft overnight and which we experienced
that the last
year it's a staggering amount of plastic
that flows through this River each year
according to four ocean more than 18
million
kg to help stem the flow of garbage the
they built a containment boom system in
2023 and installed it further
Upstream eventually the waist gets put
into what they call Super Sacks loaded
onto a barge this is our second barge
that the kto team has loaded this month
and brought back to their facility in
the seaport town of Puerto baros where
workers meticulously sort and weigh
everything they've collected the highest
quality of plastic gets transformed into
bracelets which are sold to help Finance
their operations while other materials
get made into different products or
upcycled into building materials they've
even been able to turn some of the
plastic waste into
energy while a ocean free of plastic is
the ultimate goal there's very much a
human element to what they're doing as
well it's extremely important that we
engage and Empower local communities to
do these cleanups um in Java in Bali in
Guatemala a lot of times these are
fishermen Fisher women whose livelihoods
have been taken away because there's so
much plastic in the water so what we're
doing is we're giving them a new job
that enables them to clean their local
community while also making um a fair
living wage today for ocean has
collected over 16 million kilog of waste
worldwide a remarkable achievement born
from a crazy idea but a solution they
recognize is only a Band-Aid for now
we're trying to drive as much attention
as possible to this issue so that we can
drive change within the industries to
cut down on the amount of plastic that's
being consumed and ending up in the
ocean in the first place we say it a lot
that cleaning the ocean alone will not
solve the ocean plastic crisis we have
to stop it at the source and turn off
the
[Music]
[Applause]
tap today's store getting a 10 out of 10
turning a train into an underwater Reef
there she go goes look at this outof
commmission rail car being dropped into
the drink on purpose just off the coast
of Asawa Island about 20 mi south of
Savannah Georgia these old Marta rail
cars are being sunk to the bottom of the
Atlantic Ocean in conjunction with a
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Reef project which deploys large objects
to the bottom of the ocean that over
time develop into wreath habitats for
marine Wildlife these Marta rail cars
once moved thousands of people through
Atlanta but will now help to create a
2-mile reef and home for thousands of
fish and all sorts of underwater
creatures it is shout out time now let's
hear it for all of our friends in the
volunteer state at Bradley Central High
School in Cleveland Tennessee home of
the Bears rise up all right Superstars
we are breezing through this week into
the best day of the week thank you for
your hard work and positive attitudes
I'll see you right here tomorrow Friday
on CNN 10
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