WEBVTT 00:11.440 --> 00:13.679 Hello and happy Thursday everyone. Happy 00:13.679 --> 00:16.160 Friday eve. I'm Ky Wire. This is CNN 10 00:16.160 --> 00:17.600 where I tell you the what, letting you 00:17.600 --> 00:19.520 decide what to think. I have your 10 00:19.520 --> 00:21.520 minutes of news for March 19th. Thank 00:21.520 --> 00:23.279 you for making us a part of your day. 00:23.279 --> 00:25.519 Let's prepare for liftoff. We begin 00:25.519 --> 00:27.680 about 250 mi above the Earth where a 00:27.680 --> 00:29.439 pair of astronauts aboard the 00:29.439 --> 00:31.279 International Space Station have 00:31.279 --> 00:33.680 successfully completed a pair of spacew 00:33.680 --> 00:36.800 walks. Spacew walks or extra vehicular 00:36.800 --> 00:38.879 activities allow astronauts to conduct 00:38.879 --> 00:41.520 experiments, perform repairs, or test 00:41.520 --> 00:44.160 new equipment outside the ISS. 00:44.160 --> 00:46.160 Astronauts Jessica Mir and Chris 00:46.160 --> 00:48.000 Williams ventured outside for roughly 00:48.000 --> 00:50.160 six and a half hours Wednesday morning 00:50.160 --> 00:52.960 to help install new rollout solar arrays 00:52.960 --> 00:56.160 which will augment the aging ISS arrays 00:56.160 --> 00:58.079 by providing a significant boost to the 00:58.079 --> 01:00.480 existing power system. It was Williams 01:00.480 --> 01:02.960 first spacew walk me's fourth and the 01:02.960 --> 01:05.760 278th time any astronauts have ventured 01:05.760 --> 01:07.760 outside the ISS since its launch in 01:07.760 --> 01:11.040 1998. Miss Mir said they had to practice 01:11.040 --> 01:13.200 quite a bit inside the ISS because they 01:13.200 --> 01:15.280 lose a lot of their dexterity once 01:15.280 --> 01:18.000 inside the pressurized space suits. Now, 01:18.000 --> 01:20.320 every spacew walk and every opportunity 01:20.320 --> 01:22.880 to leave Earth's atmosphere inches the 01:22.880 --> 01:25.840 US closer toward its Artemis 4 mission, 01:25.840 --> 01:28.320 humanity's return to the lunar surface. 01:28.320 --> 01:30.400 The US was the first nation to land 01:30.400 --> 01:33.200 astronauts on the moon in 1969. The 01:33.200 --> 01:35.360 state-run space program in China is 01:35.360 --> 01:37.200 developing impressive technology that 01:37.200 --> 01:39.200 could get their astronauts back to the 01:39.200 --> 01:41.840 moon before NASA. Our Jackie Wattles has 01:41.840 --> 01:43.759 more on why this has become so 01:43.759 --> 01:47.759 competitive between the two nations. 01:47.759 --> 01:51.280 >> Liftoff of Artemis 1. We rise together. 01:51.280 --> 01:53.840 >> NASA officials and US politicians are 01:53.840 --> 01:56.720 warning that we are in a new space race. 01:56.720 --> 01:58.399 We are in a great competition with a 01:58.399 --> 02:00.399 rival that has the will and the means to 02:00.399 --> 02:02.640 challenge American exceptionalism across 02:02.640 --> 02:04.399 multiple domains, including in the high 02:04.399 --> 02:05.680 ground of space. 02:05.680 --> 02:08.080 >> It's the US and its billionaires, 02:08.080 --> 02:10.080 against China, to see who can return 02:10.080 --> 02:11.120 humans to the moon. 02:11.120 --> 02:13.520 >> Because if we fall behind, if we make a 02:13.520 --> 02:15.599 mistake, we may never catch up. 02:15.599 --> 02:17.840 >> The United States has already achieved 02:17.840 --> 02:20.160 the only moon landings, but this time 02:20.160 --> 02:22.400 around, it's quite possible China will 02:22.400 --> 02:25.200 get there first. It is highly unlikely 02:25.200 --> 02:27.200 that we will land on the moon before 02:27.200 --> 02:28.720 China. 02:28.720 --> 02:30.560 >> The US is about to launch a mission 02:30.560 --> 02:33.440 around the moon called Aremis 2, but 02:33.440 --> 02:35.120 NASA doesn't have all the tools it needs 02:35.120 --> 02:37.599 to land on the lunar surface just yet, 02:37.599 --> 02:39.519 and that's a problem for some on Capitol 02:39.519 --> 02:40.480 Hill. The 02:40.480 --> 02:42.959 >> United States must remain the 02:42.959 --> 02:45.040 unquestioned leader in space 02:45.040 --> 02:46.239 exploration. 02:46.239 --> 02:48.000 >> China's space program has made 02:48.000 --> 02:50.319 significant progress in recent years. 02:50.319 --> 02:51.920 The country says it's aiming to land 02:51.920 --> 02:54.959 astronauts on the moon by 2030. And the 02:54.959 --> 02:57.840 country usually hits its deadlines. 02:57.840 --> 03:00.400 NASA's goal here is not to repeat the 03:00.400 --> 03:02.239 flags and footprints missions of the 03:02.239 --> 03:04.400 Apollo era, but to develop the 03:04.400 --> 03:06.319 technology so that people can live and 03:06.319 --> 03:08.879 work on the moon, but that of course 03:08.879 --> 03:11.200 requires funding space exploration in 03:11.200 --> 03:13.280 the long term. These missions are far 03:13.280 --> 03:14.959 more complex than just sending humans to 03:14.959 --> 03:16.560 low Earth orbit, as we did with the 03:16.560 --> 03:18.319 space shuttle and with SpaceX's Crew 03:18.319 --> 03:20.800 Dragon. now and it remains to be seen 03:20.800 --> 03:22.640 whether America will maintain the 03:22.640 --> 03:24.800 political and economic will that it 03:24.800 --> 03:28.519 takes to foot the bill. 03:30.799 --> 03:33.440 >> We certainly haven't funded NASA as if 03:33.440 --> 03:35.760 this has been a race and so we don't 03:35.760 --> 03:37.680 want to put our space agency in the 03:37.680 --> 03:40.239 position of suddenly being framed as 03:40.239 --> 03:42.080 losing when we haven't really given them 03:42.080 --> 03:44.400 the resources necessary even to truly 03:44.400 --> 03:46.959 compete if it truly is a time-sensitive 03:46.959 --> 03:49.360 situation. It's important to note that 03:49.360 --> 03:51.360 China and the US have very different 03:51.360 --> 03:53.440 playbooks. The US is partnering with 03:53.440 --> 03:55.760 private industry including SpaceX and 03:55.760 --> 03:58.080 Blue Origin. And China is using a 03:58.080 --> 03:59.920 state-run program and they're putting 03:59.920 --> 04:02.480 significant resources behind it. 04:02.480 --> 04:04.720 >> The moon is a large place, but the 04:04.720 --> 04:06.720 number of locations that have the 04:06.720 --> 04:10.080 combination of water, ice, sunlight, and 04:10.080 --> 04:12.480 other aspects that we need are actually 04:12.480 --> 04:15.040 relatively limited. and we could lose 04:15.040 --> 04:17.600 those to the Chinese if we don't move 04:17.600 --> 04:18.479 quickly. 04:18.479 --> 04:20.799 >> But while the best campsites in space 04:20.799 --> 04:23.199 may be worth scouting, there could be a 04:23.199 --> 04:25.520 lot more options than we realize. 04:25.520 --> 04:27.040 >> They're setting up the flag now. 04:27.040 --> 04:29.120 >> The US won the race to the moon more 04:29.120 --> 04:30.160 than 50 years ago. 04:30.160 --> 04:31.440 >> Beautiful. Just beautiful. 04:31.440 --> 04:32.960 >> We went to the moon. You can't undo 04:32.960 --> 04:35.120 that. We need to be confident in our own 04:35.120 --> 04:38.160 plan. Stay focused. absolutely welcome 04:38.160 --> 04:40.560 trying to move as fast as possible, but 04:40.560 --> 04:41.759 it's not the end of the world 04:41.759 --> 04:44.160 figuratively or literally if China gets 04:44.160 --> 04:48.160 there first. Did any of you see or hear 04:48.160 --> 04:50.560 the massive meteor that streak through 04:50.560 --> 04:52.560 the skies over Ohio and Pennsylvania 04:52.560 --> 04:55.360 Tuesday morning? Weighing roughly 14,000 04:55.360 --> 04:57.680 lbs, the fireball was moving so fast it 04:57.680 --> 05:00.400 triggered a sonic boom heard from Ohio 05:00.400 --> 05:02.720 to Kentucky. NASA says the six-foot 05:02.720 --> 05:05.199 space rock was traveling 40,000 miles 05:05.199 --> 05:06.960 per hour when it entered Earth's 05:06.960 --> 05:08.800 atmosphere over Lake Erie. Some 05:08.800 --> 05:09.840 residents thought there was an 05:09.840 --> 05:12.000 earthquake or an explosion, but it was 05:12.000 --> 05:14.160 this sonic boom, which occurs when an 05:14.160 --> 05:15.840 object travels through the air faster 05:15.840 --> 05:18.080 than the speed of sound, approximately 05:18.080 --> 05:21.520 750 mph. It broke apart over Madina, 05:21.520 --> 05:23.919 Ohio, releasing a burst of energy equal 05:23.919 --> 05:27.520 to about 250 tons of TNT. The boom was 05:27.520 --> 05:30.560 heard up to 600 miles away. Scientists 05:30.560 --> 05:33.440 call it a bolide, which is a meteor that 05:33.440 --> 05:35.600 explodes midair. Experts say they 05:35.600 --> 05:37.199 actually happen all the time, just 05:37.199 --> 05:39.280 rarely in the daylight and over such 05:39.280 --> 05:42.080 populated areas. Now to an update on the 05:42.080 --> 05:44.800 ongoing energy crisis in Cuba. Parts of 05:44.800 --> 05:46.639 the island are recovering from a 05:46.639 --> 05:48.400 nationwide blackout that lasted more 05:48.400 --> 05:50.560 than 24 hours following a complete 05:50.560 --> 05:53.039 collapse of the country's electrical 05:53.039 --> 05:55.360 grid. These blackouts have intensified 05:55.360 --> 05:58.560 lately due to the US oil blockade, which 05:58.560 --> 06:00.479 has effectively cut off the island's 06:00.479 --> 06:02.960 main fuel supply. Our Patrick Ottman is 06:02.960 --> 06:05.120 on the ground in the capital of Havana 06:05.120 --> 06:07.840 with an update. After more than 24 hours 06:07.840 --> 06:10.000 of an islandwide blackout, power is 06:10.000 --> 06:13.199 coming back to many parts of Havana. 06:13.199 --> 06:14.720 Still, there are other parts of the 06:14.720 --> 06:16.800 city, many parts of the island that are 06:16.800 --> 06:19.600 still without any electricity. and the 06:19.600 --> 06:22.319 underlying causes of this blackout, an 06:22.319 --> 06:24.160 aging electrical system that is 06:24.160 --> 06:27.360 collapsing, an oil blockade on the part 06:27.360 --> 06:28.880 of the Trump administration on this 06:28.880 --> 06:30.400 island. Those are still there. The power 06:30.400 --> 06:32.800 could go out again at any point. That's 06:32.800 --> 06:36.319 really the concern here. And so the 06:36.319 --> 06:38.080 Cuban government says they are 06:38.080 --> 06:41.520 negotiating with the United States. They 06:41.520 --> 06:43.360 are trying to work out some kind of 06:43.360 --> 06:45.919 deal. We've heard Donald Trump say that 06:45.919 --> 06:47.759 he plans on taking Cuba, essentially 06:47.759 --> 06:49.680 being the one to call the shots here, 06:49.680 --> 06:52.639 and Secretary of State Marco Rubio say 06:52.639 --> 06:55.680 that in his opinion, the officials in 06:55.680 --> 06:58.639 charge of this island are unable to 06:58.639 --> 07:01.039 resolve the problems that they have here 07:01.039 --> 07:03.120 and that they need to leave. So while 07:03.120 --> 07:06.000 talks are going on, it is clear that the 07:06.000 --> 07:08.000 Cuban government is being pushed to do 07:08.000 --> 07:09.840 much more than up until now they have 07:09.840 --> 07:11.440 been willing to do. And very soon 07:11.440 --> 07:13.280 officials here could be facing an 07:13.280 --> 07:16.800 ultimatum from the US. 07:16.800 --> 07:18.960 Pop quiz hot shot. What did the earliest 07:18.960 --> 07:21.759 vending machine dispense? Toys, holy 07:21.759 --> 07:26.440 water, bread, or bird seed? 07:29.840 --> 07:31.759 If you said holy water, bless your 07:31.759 --> 07:33.599 heart. The earliest known vending 07:33.599 --> 07:35.599 machine was invented in ancient Greece 07:35.599 --> 07:37.840 at a temple. It's credited to the Greek 07:37.840 --> 07:40.720 engineer Hero of Alexandria. His device 07:40.720 --> 07:42.319 worked by accepting a coin which 07:42.319 --> 07:44.400 triggered a mechanism releasing small 07:44.400 --> 07:46.240 amounts of holy water into the hands of 07:46.240 --> 07:48.240 worshippers. If you've ever been to 07:48.240 --> 07:50.160 Japan, you know they have arguably the 07:50.160 --> 07:52.319 coolest vending machines on the planet. 07:52.319 --> 07:53.840 I've been there a handful of times and 07:53.840 --> 07:55.680 you can get everything from sushi to 07:55.680 --> 07:58.319 gyoza fried chicken. The machines are 07:58.319 --> 08:00.639 iconic and big business, but some 08:00.639 --> 08:02.240 beverage companies are saying they're 08:02.240 --> 08:03.599 going to start taking their vending 08:03.599 --> 08:05.520 machines off the streets. Our Hanukkah 08:05.520 --> 08:08.000 Montgomery has more on the why. 08:08.000 --> 08:09.919 >> Japan's iconic vending machines are in 08:09.919 --> 08:11.919 big trouble. 08:11.919 --> 08:13.680 Major beverage companies are reporting 08:13.680 --> 08:15.840 hundreds of millions of dollars in 08:15.840 --> 08:18.080 losses. And this company, Daido, says 08:18.080 --> 08:20.000 it's removing 20,000 of them because 08:20.000 --> 08:21.680 they're no longer profitable. And it 08:21.680 --> 08:24.160 comes down to two reasons. First, labor 08:24.160 --> 08:26.400 shortages. There are millions of these 08:26.400 --> 08:28.080 machines across Japan, and they need 08:28.080 --> 08:30.400 constant restocking and maintenance, but 08:30.400 --> 08:32.000 there aren't enough workers to keep them 08:32.000 --> 08:34.320 running. Second, price hikes. Rising 08:34.320 --> 08:36.000 costs for raw materials mean drinks 08:36.000 --> 08:37.680 inside these machines are getting more 08:37.680 --> 08:39.919 expensive, and consumers are noticing. 08:39.919 --> 08:42.240 Some drinks now cost nearly 50% more 08:42.240 --> 08:44.159 than what they did before the pandemic. 08:44.159 --> 08:46.080 So, people are instead heading here to 08:46.080 --> 08:48.320 convenience stores or drugstores where 08:48.320 --> 08:49.680 the exact same drink can be sold 08:49.680 --> 08:52.399 cheaper. 08:55.600 --> 08:57.440 Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A 08:57.440 --> 08:59.279 group of students diving into the deep 08:59.279 --> 09:01.600 end of innovation and making waves in 09:01.600 --> 09:03.839 STEM. At the University of Wisconsin 09:03.839 --> 09:06.080 Milwaukee, dozens of student teams put 09:06.080 --> 09:08.160 their skills to the test, engineering 09:08.160 --> 09:10.959 remotely operated vehicles or ROVs 09:10.959 --> 09:12.399 designed to tackle challenges 09:12.399 --> 09:14.800 underwater. Each robot is built to 09:14.800 --> 09:17.200 navigate obstacles, glide through rings, 09:17.200 --> 09:19.600 and complete hands-on missions against 09:19.600 --> 09:21.920 the clock. Top teams advance to an 09:21.920 --> 09:24.240 international competition in Maryland 09:24.240 --> 09:26.080 this June, where they'll not only test 09:26.080 --> 09:28.160 their robots, but the realworld skills 09:28.160 --> 09:29.680 they've built along the way. 09:29.680 --> 09:31.360 >> Perseverance is usually one of the big 09:31.360 --> 09:33.040 things, and that's hard to just teach 09:33.040 --> 09:34.160 every day in a class. 09:34.160 --> 09:35.920 >> For many competitors, this is just the 09:35.920 --> 09:37.680 beginning with dreams of engineering 09:37.680 --> 09:39.600 careers already in motion. 09:39.600 --> 09:41.760 >> I plan to go to MIT to do aerospace 09:41.760 --> 09:44.320 engineering. Uh and I think here I learn 09:44.320 --> 09:46.000 uh lots of working together as a team 09:46.000 --> 09:48.000 which I'll do in engineering in any 09:48.000 --> 09:48.959 engineering field. 09:48.959 --> 09:50.880 >> From trial and error to teamwork and 09:50.880 --> 09:52.800 innovation, these students are charting 09:52.800 --> 09:56.320 a course toward their future in STEM. 09:56.320 --> 09:57.920 That is all about we have time for 09:57.920 --> 09:59.680 today. But first, we want to show some 09:59.680 --> 10:01.200 love to the folks who make this the best 10:01.200 --> 10:02.959 10 minutes in news. We have a shout out 10:02.959 --> 10:06.000 to Miss Lal at the Froel Bilingual 10:06.000 --> 10:08.560 School in Auadia, Puerto Rico. Rise up 10:08.560 --> 10:10.000 friends and thank you for subscribing 10:10.000 --> 10:12.320 and commenting on our CNN 10 YouTube 10:12.320 --> 10:14.959 channel. 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