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Roman telescope’s data deluge will change who gets to do big astronomy<\/h1>\n
“Roman’s data are so large that it really is going to take a village.”<\/div>\n
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Elisha Sauers<\/a><\/p>\n
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Elisha Sauers<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA’s moon and Mars missions<\/a>, chatting up astronauts<\/a> and history-making discoverers<\/a>, and jetting above the clouds<\/a>. Through 17 years of reporting, she’s covered a variety of topics, including health, business, and government, with a penchant for public records requests. She previously worked for The Virginian-Pilot<\/em> in Norfolk, Virginia, and The Capital<\/em> in Annapolis, Maryland. Her work has earned numerous state awards, including the Virginia Press Association’s top honor, Best in Show<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0and national recognition<\/u><\/a> for narrative storytelling. For each year she has covered space, Sauers has won National Headliner Awards<\/u><\/a>, including first place for her Sex in Space<\/a> series. Send space tips and story ideas to [email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/u><\/a> or text 443-684-2489. Follow her on X at @elishasauers<\/u><\/a>.\n <\/div>\n

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to downlink about 1.4 terabytes of scientific data every single day. <\/span>Credit: NASA \/ Sydney Rohde<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NASA<\/u><\/a>‘s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope<\/u><\/a> will downlink about 1.4 terabytes of data \u2014 on par with an entire gaming system hard drive \u2014 every single day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Kristen McQuinn thinks about that deluge and how to get it in the hands of researchers, she likens it to another technological evolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Back in the day, we would rent movies from Blockbuster to take home,” said McQuinn, who will lead science operations at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. “Later, we had DVDs mailed to us by Netflix, and today we have streaming services that bring the content right into our home.”<\/p>\n

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