Day 121: Watching the Nuri Launch Together

Dialogue

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   A 지은아, 시작한다! 빨리 와. 저게 너네 회사 위성 실린 로켓 맞지?

   Jieuna, sijakanda! Ppalli wa. Jeoge neone hoesa wiseong sillin roket matji?

   Jieun, it's starting! Come quick. That's the rocket with your company's satellite on it, right?

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   B 응, 맨 위쪽에 실려 있어. 아, 가슴이 두근거려서 못 보겠어.

   Eung, maen wijjoge sillyeo isseo. A, gaseumi dugeungeoryeoseo mot bogesseo.

   Yeah, it's up at the very top. Oh, my heart's racing so much I can't watch.

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   A 근데 엄마는 솔직히 잘 모르겠어. 저거 한 번 쏘는 데 돈이 얼마나 들어?

   Geunde eommaneun soljiki jal moreugesseo. Jeogeo han beon ssoneun de doni eolmana deureo?

   But honestly, I don't really get it. How much does it cost to launch one of those?

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   B 누리호는 개발하는 데만 이조 원 가까이 들었대.

   Nurihoneun gaebalhaneun deman ijo won gakkai deureotdae.

   Developing Nuri alone cost nearly two trillion won.

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   A 이조? 그 돈을 가지고 다른 걸 하면 안 돼? 병원이나 학교 짓는 데 쓰면 좋잖아.

   Ijo? Geu doneul gajigo dareun geol hamyeon an dwae? Byeongwonina hakgyo jinneun de sseumyeon jochana.

   Two trillion? Couldn't they do something else with that money? It'd be good to spend it on building hospitals or schools.

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   B 엄마, 그 말 우리 팀장님 어머니도 똑같이 하셨대.

   Eomma, geu mal uri timjangnim eomeonido ttokgachi hasyeotdae.

   Mom, my team leader's mother said exactly the same thing.

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   A 다들 그렇게 생각하지. 로켓 쏜다고 밥이 나와, 떡이 나와?

   Dadeul geureoke saenggakaji. Roket ssondago babi nawa, tteogi nawa?

   Of course they do. Does firing rockets put food on the table?

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   B 엄마가 매일 보는 일기 예보 있지? 기상청도 인공위성이 없으면 그거 못 해. 내비게이션도, 태풍 경로도 다 우주에서 보는 거야.

   Eommaga maeil boneun ilgi yebo itji? Gisangcheongdo ingongwiseongi eopseumyeon geugeo mot hae. Naebigeisyeondo, taepung gyeongnodo da ujueseo boneun geoya.

   You know the weather forecast you watch every day? The weather service couldn't do that without satellites. Navigation, typhoon tracking, it all comes from space.

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   A 그건 외국 위성 빌려 쓰면 되잖아.

   Geugeon oeguk wiseong billyeo sseumyeon doejana.

   Can't we just borrow foreign satellites for that?

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    B 빌려 쓰는 건 한계가 있어. 위성을 남의 나라 로켓에 실으면 그쪽 일정에 맞춰야 되고, 비용도 더 들어. 우주 강국들이 괜히 로켓을 만드는 게 아니야.

    Billyeo sseuneun geon hangyega isseo. Wiseongeul namui nara rokese sireumyeon geujjok iljeonge matchwoya doego, biyongdo deo deureo. Uju ganggukdeuri gwaenhi rokeseul mandeuneun ge aniya.

    Borrowing only gets you so far. If we put our satellites on another country's rocket, we have to fit in with their schedule, and it costs more. There's a reason the big space powers build their own rockets.

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    A 그렇구나. 그럼 너희 위성은 뭘 하는데?

    Geureokuna. Geureom neohui wiseongeun mwol haneunde?

    I see. So what does your satellite do?

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    B 우리 건 작은 큐브위성인데, 해양 연구용이야. 바다 색을 찍어서 적조를 미리 찾는 거지. 크기는 우유갑 몇 개 붙여 놓은 정도고.

    Uri geon jageun Kyubeuwiseonginde, haeyang yeonguyongiya. Bada saegeul jjigeoseo jeokjoreul miri channeun geoji. Keugineun uyugap myeot gae buchyeo noeun jeongdogo.

    Ours is a small CubeSat for ocean research. It photographs the colour of the sea to spot red tides early. It's about the size of a few milk cartons stuck together.

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    A 우유갑만 한 게 그런 걸 해?

    Uyugamman han ge geureon geol hae?

    Something the size of a milk carton can do that?

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    B 응. 삼 년 동안 밤새워 가면서 만든 거야.

    Eung. Sam nyeon dongan bamsaewo gamyeonseo mandeun geoya.

    Yep. We spent three years building it, pulling all-nighters.

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    A 그래서 엄마가 전화할 때마다 바쁘다고만 했구나.

    Geuraeseo eommaga jeonhwahal ttaemada bappeudagoman haetguna.

    So that's why every time I called, all you said was that you were busy.

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    B 엄마는 맨날 밥 먹었냐고 묻기만 하잖아. 내가 무슨 일 하는지는 한 번도 안 물어보고.

    Eommaneun maennal bap meogeonnyago mutgiman hajana. Naega museun il haneunjineun han beondo an mureobogo.

    All you ever do is ask if I've eaten. You never once asked what I actually do.

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    A 물어봐도 모를 것 같아서 그랬지. 과학은 엄마랑 먼 얘기인 줄 알았는데, 오늘 들으니까 좀 알겠네. 우리 딸 대단하다.

    Mureobwado moreul geot gataseo geuraetji. Gwahageun eommarang meon yaegiin jul aranneunde, oneul deureunikka jom algenne. Uri ttal daedanhada.

    I figured I wouldn't understand even if I asked. I thought science had nothing to do with me, but hearing it today, I kind of get it. My daughter's amazing.

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    B 쉿, 카운트다운이다! 오, 사, 삼, 이, 일...

    Swit, Kaunteudaunida! O, sa, sam, i, il...

    Shh, it's the countdown! Five, four, three, two, one...

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    A 올라간다! 저 불 좀 봐!

    Ollaganda! Jeo bul jom bwa!

    It's going up! Look at that fire!

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    B 아직이야. 위성이 분리돼야 진짜 성공이야. 십오 분은 더 기다려야 돼.

    Ajigiya. Wiseongi bullidwaeya jinjja seonggongiya. Sibo buneun deo gidaryeoya dwae.

    Not yet. It's only a real success once the satellites separate. We have to wait another fifteen minutes.

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    A 엄마 심장 떨려서 못 기다리겠어. 이번엔 네가 엄마 손 좀 잡아 줘.

    Eomma simjang tteollyeoseo mot gidarigesseo. Ibeonen nega eomma son jom jaba jwo.

    My heart's pounding too much to wait. This time you hold my hand.

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