1 00:00:17,067 --> 00:00:19,235 >> ONE OF THE WONDERFUL 2 00:00:19,235 --> 00:00:21,337 CHALLENGES OF ASTRONOMY, WE HAVE 3 00:00:21,337 --> 00:00:23,940 TO IMAGINE SOMETHING SO WE CAN 4 00:00:23,940 --> 00:00:24,741 LOOK FOR IT. 5 00:00:24,741 --> 00:00:27,343 NATURE HAS THE WAY OF BEING MORE 6 00:00:27,343 --> 00:00:28,845 CREATIVE THAN WE ARE. 7 00:00:28,845 --> 00:00:31,848 WE ARE SURPRISED BY WHAT WE SEE 8 00:00:31,848 --> 00:00:32,749 IN THE SLIDE. 9 00:00:32,749 --> 00:00:35,752 THAT IS WHY THIS TELESCOPE HAS 10 00:00:35,752 --> 00:00:37,454 BEEN ATTRACTIVE. 11 00:00:37,454 --> 00:00:39,556 EVERY TIME WE BUILD A BIGGER 12 00:00:39,556 --> 00:00:40,857 ONE, WE SEE SOMETHING THAT WE 13 00:00:40,857 --> 00:00:42,158 NEVER IMAGINED OUT. 14 00:00:42,158 --> 00:00:46,663 THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THAT 15 00:00:46,663 --> 00:00:50,166 RACE. 16 00:00:50,166 --> 00:00:50,967 ♪ 17 00:00:50,967 --> 00:00:51,367 ♪ 18 00:00:51,367 --> 00:00:51,868 ♪ 19 00:00:51,868 --> 00:00:54,370 ♪ 20 00:00:54,370 --> 00:00:54,871 >> HELLO. 21 00:00:54,871 --> 00:00:58,975 WELCOME TO NASA SCIENCE LIVE. 22 00:00:58,975 --> 00:01:00,276 AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEHIND 23 00:01:00,276 --> 00:01:02,378 THE SCENES TO GET TO KNOW YOUR 24 00:01:02,378 --> 00:01:03,279 SPACE AGENCY. 25 00:01:03,279 --> 00:01:05,582 I AM YOUR HOST LESLIE GARRISON. 26 00:01:05,582 --> 00:01:07,484 THIS SHOW IS ALL ABOUT YOU BEING 27 00:01:07,484 --> 00:01:09,686 ABLE TO INTERACT WITH NASA 28 00:01:09,686 --> 00:01:10,920 SCIENTISTS AND SUBJECT MATTER 29 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,022 EXPERTS TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS 30 00:01:13,022 --> 00:01:13,723 ANSWERED. 31 00:01:13,723 --> 00:01:15,625 VISIT US ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER 32 00:01:15,625 --> 00:01:17,794 AND ASK US QUESTIONS USING THE 33 00:01:17,794 --> 00:01:19,996 HASHTAG ASK NASA OR LEAVE 34 00:01:19,996 --> 00:01:21,898 QUESTIONS IN THE COMMENT BOX 35 00:01:21,898 --> 00:01:23,399 WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING THIS 36 00:01:23,399 --> 00:01:24,501 VIDEO. 37 00:01:24,501 --> 00:01:26,402 TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE 38 00:01:26,402 --> 00:01:28,605 TALKING ABOUT TELESCOPE THAT IS 39 00:01:28,605 --> 00:01:32,008 LIVE LIKE A TIME MACHINE. 40 00:01:32,008 --> 00:01:34,010 THE SPACE TELESCOPE THAT IS SET 41 00:01:34,010 --> 00:01:35,712 TO LAUNCH INTO SPACE IN THE YEAR 42 00:01:35,712 --> 00:01:38,515 2021 TO BECOME THE WORLD'S MOST 43 00:01:38,515 --> 00:01:43,219 POWERFUL OF SPACE TELESCOPE AND 44 00:01:43,219 --> 00:01:46,222 COMPLEX AND/OR BIT OTHER STAR 45 00:01:46,222 --> 00:01:48,525 AND WILL HELP TO SOLVE MYSTERIES 46 00:01:48,525 --> 00:01:50,126 OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE 47 00:01:50,126 --> 00:01:52,128 PLACE THAT WE ARE IN THE 48 00:01:52,128 --> 00:01:53,630 UNIVERSE. 49 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:56,432 FIRST STEP, OUR FRIEND IS GOING 50 00:01:56,432 --> 00:02:01,538 TO TAKE US INSIDE THE ROOM. 51 00:02:01,538 --> 00:02:03,740 SHE WAS RECENTLY AT NORTHROP 52 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:07,343 GRUMMAN IN CALIFORNIA AND FILMED 53 00:02:07,343 --> 00:02:08,845 THIS BEHIND THE SCENE VIDEO FOR 54 00:02:08,845 --> 00:02:09,245 YOU. 55 00:02:09,245 --> 00:02:10,880 IT IS NOT OF TONE WE GET TO GO 56 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,882 INSIDE WITH OUR CAMERAS WHERE 57 00:02:12,882 --> 00:02:15,185 SUCH A POWERFUL TELESCOPE IS 58 00:02:15,185 --> 00:02:16,986 BEING BUILT, SO SIT BACK AND 59 00:02:16,986 --> 00:02:18,955 ENJOY THE FIRST STOP IN OUR 60 00:02:18,955 --> 00:02:20,256 JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND THE 61 00:02:20,256 --> 00:02:21,558 EXTREMELY AND TRULY 62 00:02:21,558 --> 00:02:24,561 EXTRAORDINARY JAMES WEBB SPACE 63 00:02:24,561 --> 00:02:26,462 TELESCOPE. 64 00:02:26,462 --> 00:02:26,863 >> ALL RIGHT. 65 00:02:26,863 --> 00:02:28,665 SO I GOT MY BUNNY SUIT ON WHICH 66 00:02:28,665 --> 00:02:32,068 PROTECTS THE SPACE TELESCOPE 67 00:02:32,068 --> 00:02:33,970 FROM PARTICLES THAT MAY COME OFF 68 00:02:33,970 --> 00:02:34,470 OF ME. 69 00:02:34,470 --> 00:02:38,675 WE ARE AT NORTHROP GRUMMAN IN 70 00:02:38,675 --> 00:02:41,077 REDONDO BEACH AND SEE THE JAMES 71 00:02:41,077 --> 00:02:43,479 WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE, SO LET'S 72 00:02:43,479 --> 00:02:44,681 GO. 73 00:02:44,681 --> 00:02:47,584 RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A HUGE 74 00:02:47,584 --> 00:02:49,686 CLEAN ROOM. 75 00:02:49,686 --> 00:02:52,088 LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WE ALL GOT 76 00:02:52,088 --> 00:02:53,790 ON BUNNY SUITS. 77 00:02:53,790 --> 00:02:55,892 THIS IS NASA JAMES WEBB SPACE 78 00:02:55,892 --> 00:02:57,193 TELESCOPE ♪ 79 00:02:57,193 --> 00:02:57,794 ♪ 80 00:02:57,794 --> 00:02:58,094 ♪ 81 00:02:58,094 --> 00:02:58,228 ♪ 82 00:02:58,228 --> 00:03:02,198 ♪ THIS TELESCOPE WAS ENVISIONED 83 00:03:02,198 --> 00:03:03,900 SHORTLY AFTER HUBBEL'S LAUNCH TO 84 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:05,201 CONTINUE ON THE NEXT PHASE OF 85 00:03:05,201 --> 00:03:07,103 QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR UNIVERSE. 86 00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:07,503 ♪ 87 00:03:07,503 --> 00:03:08,104 ♪ 88 00:03:08,104 --> 00:03:08,605 ♪ 89 00:03:08,605 --> 00:03:08,738 ♪ 90 00:03:08,738 --> 00:03:10,840 ♪ IT IS GOING TO LOOK IN THE 91 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,442 SPECTRUM OF LIGHT AND SEEK THE 92 00:03:12,442 --> 00:03:14,344 LIGHT OF THOSE REALLY EARLY 93 00:03:14,344 --> 00:03:16,746 FORMING GALAXIES THEN TRY TO 94 00:03:16,746 --> 00:03:18,214 ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR 95 00:03:18,214 --> 00:03:21,217 UNIVERSE. 96 00:03:21,217 --> 00:03:23,620 SO WHAT WE ARE WINNING NOW IS 97 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:25,321 THE TWO MAJOR HALF OF THE 98 00:03:25,321 --> 00:03:30,326 TELESCOPE BEING PUT TOGETHER. 99 00:03:30,326 --> 00:03:37,433 Z WHAT IS EXCITING ABOUT WHAT IS 100 00:03:37,433 --> 00:03:38,234 HAPPENING NOW. 101 00:03:38,234 --> 00:03:39,936 WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF 102 00:03:39,936 --> 00:03:41,638 COP INSTRUCTION, SO ABOVE US, WE 103 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:43,640 GOT THE PORTION OF THE TELESCOPE 104 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,541 WHICH IS JUST INTEGRATED WITH 105 00:03:45,541 --> 00:03:47,744 THE OTHER BOTTOM HALF. 106 00:03:47,744 --> 00:03:49,646 THE SUN SHIELD AND THE SPACE 107 00:03:49,646 --> 00:03:51,147 WHICH IS JUST BELOW IT. 108 00:03:51,147 --> 00:03:52,849 SO LET'S CONTINUE ON. 109 00:03:52,849 --> 00:03:54,550 AND COMING ALONG THIS SIDE IS 110 00:03:54,550 --> 00:03:56,352 THE MOST SPECTACULAR VIEW OF 111 00:03:56,352 --> 00:03:57,854 THIS WHOLE THING BECAUSE YOU CAN 112 00:03:57,854 --> 00:04:01,057 SEE THERE ARE THESE 18 GOLD 113 00:04:01,057 --> 00:04:03,559 MIRRORS THEY ARE REAL GOLD. 114 00:04:03,559 --> 00:04:05,161 THE REASON IS BECAUSE GOLD 115 00:04:05,161 --> 00:04:07,263 REFLECTS INFRARED LIGHT THE 116 00:04:07,263 --> 00:04:07,864 BEST. 117 00:04:07,864 --> 00:04:08,364 ♪ 118 00:04:08,364 --> 00:04:08,765 ♪ 119 00:04:08,765 --> 00:04:09,666 ♪ 120 00:04:09,666 --> 00:04:10,900 ♪ WEBB IS GOING TO TRY TO SOLVE 121 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:13,202 THE MYSTERIES OF OUR SOLAR 122 00:04:13,202 --> 00:04:16,906 SYSTEM AND LOOK TO WORLD OF LONG 123 00:04:16,906 --> 00:04:19,075 DISTANCE STARS THEN LOOK AT THE 124 00:04:19,075 --> 00:04:21,477 STRUCTURES THEN TRAY TO EXPLAIN 125 00:04:21,477 --> 00:04:23,780 THE ORIGINS OF OUR UNIVERSE, AND 126 00:04:23,780 --> 00:04:25,682 NO PROJECT LIKE THIS COULD BE 127 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:27,684 DONE ALONE, SO INTERNATIONAL 128 00:04:27,684 --> 00:04:29,185 PROGRAM, THAT IS LEAD BY SPACE 129 00:04:29,185 --> 00:04:33,289 WITH THE PARTNERS THE EUROPEAN 130 00:04:33,289 --> 00:04:36,192 AND CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY. 131 00:04:36,192 --> 00:04:38,394 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING US 132 00:04:38,394 --> 00:04:40,596 INSIDE THE CLEAN ROOM, SOPHIA. 133 00:04:40,596 --> 00:04:43,299 I AM IN AWE AT HOW LARGE AND 134 00:04:43,299 --> 00:04:44,801 BEAUTIFUL THAT TELESCOPE REALLY 135 00:04:44,801 --> 00:04:45,501 IS. 136 00:04:45,501 --> 00:04:47,203 ABC LYNN CRED AM. 137 00:04:47,203 --> 00:04:48,705 SO THE NEXT STOP ON THIS TOUR OF 138 00:04:48,705 --> 00:04:51,507 THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE 139 00:04:51,507 --> 00:04:52,608 BRINGS US BACK TO NORTHROP 140 00:04:52,608 --> 00:04:57,914 GRUMMAN WHERE NASA ADMINISTRATOR 141 00:04:57,914 --> 00:05:01,017 JIM BRIDENSTINE, LET'S HEAR 142 00:05:01,017 --> 00:05:03,519 ABOUT WHAT IT LIKE TO SEE THE 143 00:05:03,519 --> 00:05:06,522 FULLY ASSEMBLED OBSERVATORY IN 144 00:05:06,522 --> 00:05:07,223 REAL LIFE. 145 00:05:07,223 --> 00:05:09,125 >> HI. 146 00:05:09,125 --> 00:05:12,061 I AM THE HEAD OF SCIENCE AT NASA 147 00:05:12,061 --> 00:05:14,263 AND HERE WITH JIM BRIDENSTINE IN 148 00:05:14,263 --> 00:05:20,336 REDONDO BEACH WITH NORTHROP 149 00:05:20,336 --> 00:05:22,638 GRUMMAN AND THE SPACE TELESCOPE. 150 00:05:22,638 --> 00:05:24,140 HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE NEXT TO 151 00:05:24,140 --> 00:05:24,440 THIS? 152 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,142 >> OH, FANTASTIC. 153 00:05:26,142 --> 00:05:28,244 NO I, THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPES 154 00:05:28,244 --> 00:05:30,146 THE MOST COMPLICATED SPACECRAFT 155 00:05:30,146 --> 00:05:31,948 THAT HAS EVER BEEN BUILT IN A 156 00:05:31,948 --> 00:05:34,650 KNOW PEOPLE WATCHING ON TV OR ON 157 00:05:34,650 --> 00:05:36,252 THE INTERNET CAN SEE IT BEHIND 158 00:05:36,252 --> 00:05:36,853 US NOW. 159 00:05:36,853 --> 00:05:39,055 BUY CAN ALSO TELL YOU, A PICTURE 160 00:05:39,055 --> 00:05:40,556 DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE. 161 00:05:40,556 --> 00:05:42,458 WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF 162 00:05:42,458 --> 00:05:44,360 THE MASSIVE SPACECRAFT AND 163 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,262 CHANGE HOW YOU PERCEIVE HOW 164 00:05:46,262 --> 00:05:47,563 COMPLEX AND IMPORTANT THIS 165 00:05:47,563 --> 00:05:49,565 PARTICULAR MISSION IS. 166 00:05:49,565 --> 00:05:51,267 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS A 167 00:05:51,267 --> 00:05:53,169 SPACECRAFT ELEMENT AND THE 168 00:05:53,169 --> 00:05:55,371 SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT AND NOW 169 00:05:55,371 --> 00:05:56,873 THEY HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER, 170 00:05:56,873 --> 00:05:58,775 BOTH PHYSICALLY AND ELECTRICALLY 171 00:05:58,775 --> 00:06:01,177 IN A WAY THAT WAS A LOT OF RISK. 172 00:06:01,177 --> 00:06:02,278 THIS IS A BIG DAY. 173 00:06:02,278 --> 00:06:03,579 YOU WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE 174 00:06:03,579 --> 00:06:06,382 PARTNERS AT NORTHROP GRUMMAN BUT 175 00:06:06,382 --> 00:06:08,284 ALL THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN 176 00:06:08,284 --> 00:06:08,684 THE. 177 00:06:08,684 --> 00:06:09,986 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 14 178 00:06:09,986 --> 00:06:11,621 DIFFERENT NATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 179 00:06:11,621 --> 00:06:13,122 INVOLVED IN PRODUCING THIS 180 00:06:13,122 --> 00:06:15,324 MAGNIFICENT TELESCOPE THAT IS 181 00:06:15,324 --> 00:06:16,626 GOING TO TRANSFORM HOW WE SEE 182 00:06:16,626 --> 00:06:17,693 THE UNIVERSE. 183 00:06:17,693 --> 00:06:19,495 YOU KNOW WHAT IS AMAZING TO ME 184 00:06:19,495 --> 00:06:23,599 IS AS AN ASTRO PHYSICISTS AND 185 00:06:23,599 --> 00:06:25,501 SEEING THAT FIRST GALAXIES, THE 186 00:06:25,501 --> 00:06:27,403 FIRST STARS THAT ARE OUT OF THE 187 00:06:27,403 --> 00:06:28,905 BEGINNING OF THE MANY GENERATION 188 00:06:28,905 --> 00:06:30,606 OF STARS THAT CREATED OUR 189 00:06:30,606 --> 00:06:31,307 ENVIRONMENT. 190 00:06:31,307 --> 00:06:32,408 >> THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE 191 00:06:32,408 --> 00:06:34,110 OBJECTIVE OUT OF THE GATE. 192 00:06:34,110 --> 00:06:35,611 I MAP GIN BEING ABLE TO SEE BACK 193 00:06:35,611 --> 00:06:36,412 IN TIME. 194 00:06:36,412 --> 00:06:38,114 THIS IS NOT JUST LOOKING DEEP IN 195 00:06:38,114 --> 00:06:38,414 SPACE. 196 00:06:38,414 --> 00:06:40,316 WE ARE LOOKING BACK IN TIME. 197 00:06:40,316 --> 00:06:40,917 >> ALL RIGHT. 198 00:06:40,917 --> 00:06:42,218 ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THAT WILL BE 199 00:06:42,218 --> 00:06:45,421 FOCUSED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 200 00:06:45,421 --> 00:06:47,023 SOLAR SYSTEM. 201 00:06:47,023 --> 00:06:48,524 WHAT ABOUT DO YOU THINK ABOUT 202 00:06:48,524 --> 00:06:48,724 THESE? 203 00:06:48,724 --> 00:06:49,826 IT IS AMAZING. 204 00:06:49,826 --> 00:06:51,227 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT GIFTS 205 00:06:51,227 --> 00:06:53,229 THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ENTHUSED 206 00:06:53,229 --> 00:06:54,730 ABOUT SPACE EXPLORATION OR 207 00:06:54,730 --> 00:06:57,733 INSIDE HUMANITY AT LARGE. 208 00:06:57,733 --> 00:06:59,635 IT IS THE IDEA WE COULD FIND 209 00:06:59,635 --> 00:07:01,838 LIFE ON WORLDS THAT ARE NOT OUR 210 00:07:01,838 --> 00:07:02,438 OWN. 211 00:07:02,438 --> 00:07:03,539 IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. 212 00:07:03,539 --> 00:07:04,640 THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 213 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,142 ABLE TO DO WITH THE JAMES WEBB 214 00:07:06,142 --> 00:07:08,044 SPACE TELESCOPE AND SEE THOSE 215 00:07:08,044 --> 00:07:09,745 AND MAKE ASSESSMENTS. 216 00:07:09,745 --> 00:07:11,481 THERE IS WATER VAPOR THERE IS 217 00:07:11,481 --> 00:07:13,583 CARBON DIOXIDE? 218 00:07:13,583 --> 00:07:15,084 THAT IS EXCITING ABOUT WHAT 219 00:07:15,084 --> 00:07:17,186 JAMES WEBB IS GOING TO HELP US 220 00:07:17,186 --> 00:07:17,753 DO. 221 00:07:17,753 --> 00:07:18,154 >> YEAH. 222 00:07:18,154 --> 00:07:18,754 WE KNOW. 223 00:07:18,754 --> 00:07:21,157 THAT WHEN LIFE CAME TO BE ENTIRE 224 00:07:21,157 --> 00:07:22,258 ATMOSPHERE CHANGED. 225 00:07:22,258 --> 00:07:22,859 >> YEAH. 226 00:07:22,859 --> 00:07:24,360 >> REALLY SEEING THOSE CHANGES 227 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,562 HAS SOME OF THESE PLANETS THAT 228 00:07:26,562 --> 00:07:28,064 ARE THROUGHOUT AND GOING TO BE 229 00:07:28,064 --> 00:07:30,366 SUCH A SUPER DISCOVERY. 230 00:07:30,366 --> 00:07:32,969 NOW, YOU LOOK AT THE TELESCOPE, 231 00:07:32,969 --> 00:07:34,971 IT IS CLEAR TO! ONE WHO STANDS 232 00:07:34,971 --> 00:07:35,371 HERE. 233 00:07:35,371 --> 00:07:36,873 THIS IS COMPLICATED. 234 00:07:36,873 --> 00:07:37,974 THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, 235 00:07:37,974 --> 00:07:40,476 THOUSANDS IN FACT WHO PUT THEIR 236 00:07:40,476 --> 00:07:41,577 HEART AND ALL? THIS. 237 00:07:41,577 --> 00:07:43,379 THIS IS THE MOST COMPLICATED 238 00:07:43,379 --> 00:07:45,781 SPACECRAFT THAT HAS BEEN BUILT 239 00:07:45,781 --> 00:07:47,183 IN HISTORY. 240 00:07:47,183 --> 00:07:49,185 HUNDRED OF MOVING PARTS THAT 241 00:07:49,185 --> 00:07:50,486 HAVE TO WORK WHICH IS WHY IT IS 242 00:07:50,486 --> 00:07:52,788 A NUMBER UP WITH PRIORITY. 243 00:07:52,788 --> 00:07:54,490 WE HAVE TO GOT THE MOVING PARTS 244 00:07:54,490 --> 00:07:55,591 WORKING CORRECTLY. 245 00:07:55,591 --> 00:07:57,293 THIS SPACECRAFT IS GOING TO BE 246 00:07:57,293 --> 00:07:58,794 ONE MILLION MAILS FROM ETHER ON 247 00:07:58,794 --> 00:08:00,296 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON AS A 248 00:08:00,296 --> 00:08:01,197 MATTER OF FACT. 249 00:08:01,197 --> 00:08:03,299 SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ARE NOT 250 00:08:03,299 --> 00:08:04,700 GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT ONCE 251 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:05,301 IT THERE IS. 252 00:08:05,301 --> 00:08:07,003 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT IS RIGHT 253 00:08:07,003 --> 00:08:08,104 TO THE BEGINNING. 254 00:08:08,104 --> 00:08:09,405 SO ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT MANY 255 00:08:09,405 --> 00:08:10,206 PEOPLE FORGET. 256 00:08:10,206 --> 00:08:12,141 SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT 257 00:08:12,141 --> 00:08:14,443 WERE DEVELOPED HERE ALREADY HAD 258 00:08:14,443 --> 00:08:16,245 IMPACT ON OUR LIVES, DO YOU KNOW 259 00:08:16,245 --> 00:08:18,614 EXAMPLE OR SINK YOUR MINE? 260 00:08:18,614 --> 00:08:19,015 >> YEAH. 261 00:08:19,015 --> 00:08:20,316 SOME OF THE SENSORS ON THIS 262 00:08:20,316 --> 00:08:22,318 SPACECRAFT HAVE BEEN USED FOR 263 00:08:22,318 --> 00:08:24,020 IMPACT SURGERY AND LASIK EYE 264 00:08:24,020 --> 00:08:27,223 SURGERY FOR EXAMPLE HAS 265 00:08:27,223 --> 00:08:29,625 BENEFITED FROM THE TECHNOLOGY 266 00:08:29,625 --> 00:08:30,927 DEVELOPED ANOTHER JAMES WEBB 267 00:08:30,927 --> 00:08:32,328 SPACE TELESCOPE. 268 00:08:32,328 --> 00:08:33,829 THESE ARE SPIN-OFFS. 269 00:08:33,829 --> 00:08:34,530 THESE ARE CAPABILITIES THAT COME 270 00:08:34,530 --> 00:08:35,831 FROM THE INVEST. 271 00:08:35,831 --> 00:08:37,934 THESE KIND OF ACTIVITIES ON THEN 272 00:08:37,934 --> 00:08:40,136 THEY CANNOT BE DISMISSED. 273 00:08:40,136 --> 00:08:41,437 >> WE RAILROAD JUST ABOUT OUT OF 274 00:08:41,437 --> 00:08:41,837 TIME. 275 00:08:41,837 --> 00:08:43,139 I WANT TO THANK YOU WITH MANY 276 00:08:43,139 --> 00:08:45,541 REGARDS FROM REDONDO BEACH. 277 00:08:45,541 --> 00:08:45,942 A YES. 278 00:08:45,942 --> 00:08:47,843 THOMAS, IT HAS BEEN GREAT. 279 00:08:47,843 --> 00:08:49,545 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR 280 00:08:49,545 --> 00:08:51,247 TEAM IN GETTING THIS FOR AND I 281 00:08:51,247 --> 00:08:52,748 CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE END 282 00:08:52,748 --> 00:08:53,049 RESULT. 283 00:08:53,049 --> 00:08:55,751 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 284 00:08:55,751 --> 00:08:56,452 >> THAT WAS A FASCINATING 285 00:08:56,452 --> 00:09:02,458 DISCUSSION WITH DR.Z AND 286 00:09:02,458 --> 00:09:04,360 ADMINISTRATOR BRIDENSTINE. 287 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:05,261 THAT WAS INTERESTING. 288 00:09:05,261 --> 00:09:08,664 SO WELCOME BACK TO THE STUDIO. 289 00:09:08,664 --> 00:09:10,600 I AM JOINED HERE WITH NASA 290 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,301 SCIENTISTS AMBER FROM NASA 291 00:09:12,301 --> 00:09:15,004 GODDARD AND ENGINEER KEITH WHO 292 00:09:15,004 --> 00:09:17,673 IS ALSO HERE AT NASA GODDARD WHO 293 00:09:17,673 --> 00:09:18,975 IS GOING TO TELL US MORE ABOUT 294 00:09:18,975 --> 00:09:20,876 THE AMAZING TELESCOPE THAT IS 295 00:09:20,876 --> 00:09:22,478 BEING DESCRIBED AS TIME MACHINE. 296 00:09:22,478 --> 00:09:24,180 BUT BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE 297 00:09:24,180 --> 00:09:26,082 CHALLENGE IN QUESTIONS, I HAVE A 298 00:09:26,082 --> 00:09:27,183 PERSONAL QUESTION TO ASK. 299 00:09:27,183 --> 00:09:29,685 SO, KEITH, AMBER, WHY THE 300 00:09:29,685 --> 00:09:32,588 TELESCOPE IS HERE AT GODDARD. 301 00:09:32,588 --> 00:09:33,389 DID YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 302 00:09:33,389 --> 00:09:35,491 GO INSIDE OF THE CLEAN ROOM AS 303 00:09:35,491 --> 00:09:37,093 SOPHIA DID AND ACTUALLY WORK 304 00:09:37,093 --> 00:09:40,896 WITH OR WORK ON THE ACTUAL 305 00:09:40,896 --> 00:09:41,998 TELESCOPE. 306 00:09:41,998 --> 00:09:44,400 WELL NO TOUCHING. 307 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:45,601 FOR THE MOST PART. 308 00:09:45,601 --> 00:09:48,404 I AM ASTROPHYSICS I AM JUST A 309 00:09:48,404 --> 00:09:49,105 SCIENTIST. 310 00:09:49,105 --> 00:09:51,407 AM NOT ENGINEER ACTUALLY 311 00:09:51,407 --> 00:09:54,010 BUILDING THE TELESCOPE AND HAD 312 00:09:54,010 --> 00:09:55,311 CHANCE TO GO INSIDE OF THE CLEAN 313 00:09:55,311 --> 00:09:55,711 ROOM. 314 00:09:55,711 --> 00:09:56,812 WAS INCREDIBLE. 315 00:09:56,812 --> 00:09:58,514 I MEAN, IT IS HARD TO DESCRIBE 316 00:09:58,514 --> 00:10:00,716 HOW BIG AND HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS 317 00:10:00,716 --> 00:10:01,917 TELESCOPE IS. 318 00:10:01,917 --> 00:10:03,019 I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CHANCES 319 00:10:03,019 --> 00:10:05,821 TO PUT THE BUNNY SUIT ON AND GO 320 00:10:05,821 --> 00:10:09,225 INSIDE AND GET UPCLOSE. 321 00:10:09,225 --> 00:10:10,326 IT IS SPECTACULAR. 322 00:10:10,326 --> 00:10:11,427 THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH 323 00:10:11,427 --> 00:10:14,230 THE HARD WAY, SO WE HAD A HARDLY 324 00:10:14,230 --> 00:10:15,531 SKILLED TECHNICIANS THAT DO MOST 325 00:10:15,531 --> 00:10:16,132 OF THAT. 326 00:10:16,132 --> 00:10:18,734 I HAVE HAD THE, I HAVE HAD THE 327 00:10:18,734 --> 00:10:20,136 CHANCE TO GO IN SEVERAL TIMES 328 00:10:20,136 --> 00:10:22,938 WHILE THE TELESCOPE WEAR HERE, 329 00:10:22,938 --> 00:10:25,441 YOU KNOW, AS WE JUST SAID, IT IS 330 00:10:25,441 --> 00:10:27,243 REMARKABLE, AS YOU SAW IN THE 331 00:10:27,243 --> 00:10:28,944 VIDEO, RIGHT THERE, THE CLEAN 332 00:10:28,944 --> 00:10:30,846 ROOMS, OUR CONSTRUCTION SITES. 333 00:10:30,846 --> 00:10:31,847 THERE IS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE T. 334 00:10:31,847 --> 00:10:34,250 THERE IS WIRES AND CABLES SO TRY 335 00:10:34,250 --> 00:10:35,751 NOT TO GO IN THERE UNLESS YOU 336 00:10:35,751 --> 00:10:36,252 HAVE TO. 337 00:10:36,252 --> 00:10:38,754 WHEN YOU DO GET GO IN THERE. 338 00:10:38,754 --> 00:10:39,255 IT IS AWESOME. 339 00:10:39,255 --> 00:10:40,556 I AM SURE WITHIN YOU WILL NEVER 340 00:10:40,556 --> 00:10:41,157 FORGET. 341 00:10:41,157 --> 00:10:44,860 ONE FOR THE CAREER JOURNALS TO 342 00:10:44,860 --> 00:10:47,163 SHARE WITH THE KIDS AND SO WE 343 00:10:47,163 --> 00:10:48,664 ALREADY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 344 00:10:48,664 --> 00:10:50,666 TALK A LITTLE BIT THE ACTUAL 345 00:10:50,666 --> 00:10:52,368 JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE AND WHAT 346 00:10:52,368 --> 00:10:54,270 THEY WILL DO, BUT AMBER, 347 00:10:54,270 --> 00:10:55,971 INQUIRING MINES WANT TO KNOW, 348 00:10:55,971 --> 00:10:57,773 WHAT IS THE ACTUAL GOAL OF THIS 349 00:10:57,773 --> 00:10:58,974 MISSION? 350 00:10:58,974 --> 00:11:00,776 >> WELL, IT HAS A LOT OF GOALS. 351 00:11:00,776 --> 00:11:02,678 AND THE GOALS ARE BROAD AND THEY 352 00:11:02,678 --> 00:11:03,479 ARE BIG. 353 00:11:03,479 --> 00:11:07,383 AND THEIR TELESCOPE IS DESIGNED 354 00:11:07,383 --> 00:11:09,985 TO BE THE SUCCESSOR THE AMAZING 355 00:11:09,985 --> 00:11:12,021 HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE. 356 00:11:12,021 --> 00:11:15,324 AS AWESOME AS IT IS, THERES A 357 00:11:15,324 --> 00:11:16,826 LOT OF WAYS TO PUSH IT TOT THE 358 00:11:16,826 --> 00:11:17,626 LIMITS. 359 00:11:17,626 --> 00:11:19,395 PUSH BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 360 00:11:19,395 --> 00:11:21,197 ABLE TO DO WITH THE AMAZING 361 00:11:21,197 --> 00:11:23,099 HUBBLE AND ANSWER THE BIGGEST 362 00:11:23,099 --> 00:11:24,200 QUESTIONS TODAY. 363 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:25,701 WE WANT TO LOOK BACK TO SEE THE 364 00:11:25,701 --> 00:11:28,904 VERY FIRST STARS AND GALAXIES 365 00:11:28,904 --> 00:11:30,806 BORN IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE AND 366 00:11:30,806 --> 00:11:33,008 STUDY PLANETS WITHIN OUR OWN 367 00:11:33,008 --> 00:11:34,510 SOLAR SYSTEM AND PLANETS 368 00:11:34,510 --> 00:11:36,212 ORBITING OTHER STARS OUTSIDE OF 369 00:11:36,212 --> 00:11:37,513 THE SOLAR SYSTEM SO WE ARE 370 00:11:37,513 --> 00:11:38,714 TALKING ABOUT THE IN TIRE BREATH 371 00:11:38,714 --> 00:11:40,516 OF THE UNION STRESSOR THE 372 00:11:40,516 --> 00:11:42,418 BACKYARD OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM ALL 373 00:11:42,418 --> 00:11:44,320 THE WAY OUT TO PARTS OF SPACE 374 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,323 THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 375 00:11:47,323 --> 00:11:47,823 >> AMAZING. 376 00:11:47,823 --> 00:11:49,725 SO KEITH LET ME COME OVER TO YOU 377 00:11:49,725 --> 00:11:51,427 ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE. 378 00:11:51,427 --> 00:11:53,329 WHAT PART OF THIS TIME MACHINE 379 00:11:53,329 --> 00:11:54,930 WILL SUPPORT THE ACTUAL SCIENCE 380 00:11:54,930 --> 00:11:56,832 THAT AMBER SPOKE TO US ABOUT. 381 00:11:56,832 --> 00:11:57,633 >> SURE. 382 00:11:57,633 --> 00:11:59,835 THE MOST UNIQUE FEATURE ABOUT 383 00:11:59,835 --> 00:12:01,337 JAMES WEBB IS THAT IT IS 384 00:12:01,337 --> 00:12:03,239 EXTREMELY LARGE WITH A VERY 385 00:12:03,239 --> 00:12:05,641 LARGE MAIN MIRROR AND THE OTHER 386 00:12:05,641 --> 00:12:07,843 INTERESTING FEATURE THAT ENABLES 387 00:12:07,843 --> 00:12:10,646 CYPRIANS IS IT IS EXTREMELY COLD 388 00:12:10,646 --> 00:12:12,081 OPERATING TELESCOPE. 389 00:12:12,081 --> 00:12:13,783 WE ARE TO COOL THIS TELESCOPE 390 00:12:13,783 --> 00:12:17,686 DOWN TO 50 OR MINUS 380DEGREES 391 00:12:17,686 --> 00:12:20,055 FAHRENHEIT FOR IT TO OPERATE AND 392 00:12:20,055 --> 00:12:22,658 DETECT THE WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT 393 00:12:22,658 --> 00:12:25,060 THAT THEY ARE SEEKING AND THE 394 00:12:25,060 --> 00:12:27,163 INFRARED SO IT IS TRYING TO 395 00:12:27,163 --> 00:12:30,466 DETECT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, 396 00:12:30,466 --> 00:12:32,968 REALLY TINY HEAT SIGNATURES FOR 397 00:12:32,968 --> 00:12:35,371 FROM THE FOR AWAY OBJECTS. 398 00:12:35,371 --> 00:12:36,872 WE HAVE TO GET IT COLD. 399 00:12:36,872 --> 00:12:37,973 WHEN IT IS COLD. 400 00:12:37,973 --> 00:12:39,475 IT DOES NOT SEE THE HEAT FROM 401 00:12:39,475 --> 00:12:40,075 ITSELF. 402 00:12:40,075 --> 00:12:41,577 THE TWO BIG THINGS IS IT IS 403 00:12:41,577 --> 00:12:42,678 LARGE AND COLD. 404 00:12:42,678 --> 00:12:43,078 >> ALL RIGHT. 405 00:12:43,078 --> 00:12:46,482 YOU ARE ASTONISHED AT THE NASA 406 00:12:46,482 --> 00:12:48,083 MISSIONS AND NOTHING LIKE IT. 407 00:12:48,083 --> 00:12:50,186 LET'S STEP AWAY FROM SOME OF THE 408 00:12:50,186 --> 00:12:51,687 QUESTIONS AND LET'S TAKE THE 409 00:12:51,687 --> 00:12:54,290 QUESTIONS IN THE CUE FROM 410 00:12:54,290 --> 00:12:55,991 #ASKNASA. 411 00:12:55,991 --> 00:12:57,893 SO ON TWITTER ASKS WHAT 412 00:12:57,893 --> 00:13:00,296 MOLECULES MIGHT THE JAMES WEB 413 00:13:00,296 --> 00:13:04,200 TELESCOPE BE ABLE TOLL DETECT ON 414 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,102 THIS RETURN ND HOW CLEARLY COULD 415 00:13:07,102 --> 00:13:10,005 THAT INDICATE LIFE OTHERWISE? 416 00:13:10,005 --> 00:13:11,440 >> OH, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. 417 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,942 OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIG 418 00:13:12,942 --> 00:13:14,844 QUESTIONS NOT ONLY AS SCIENTISTS 419 00:13:14,844 --> 00:13:16,345 BUT AS HUMANS IS THERE LIFE IN 420 00:13:16,345 --> 00:13:17,246 THE UNIVERSE? 421 00:13:17,246 --> 00:13:19,615 AND THIS TELESCOPE, THE WEBB 422 00:13:19,615 --> 00:13:21,717 TELESCOPE IS OUR NEXT BIG STEP 423 00:13:21,717 --> 00:13:23,319 ON THE JOURNEY TO TROY ANSWER 424 00:13:23,319 --> 00:13:24,119 THAT QUESTION. 425 00:13:24,119 --> 00:13:26,121 SO IN TERMS OF AS THIS SPECIFIC 426 00:13:26,121 --> 00:13:28,023 MOLECULE THAT WE'LL DETECT IN 427 00:13:28,023 --> 00:13:31,227 THE EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERE AND 428 00:13:31,227 --> 00:13:33,329 LOOKING LIKE THINGS LIKE WATER 429 00:13:33,329 --> 00:13:35,531 VAPOR, METHANE, AND IT IS JUST 430 00:13:35,531 --> 00:13:37,233 SORT OF, IT IS GOOD LUCK THAT 431 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:39,835 THOSE TYPES OF ELEMENTS OF MOL 432 00:13:39,835 --> 00:13:42,638 SCULS EXIST IN THE INFRARED PART 433 00:13:42,638 --> 00:13:44,540 OF THE SPECTRUM THAT KEITH 434 00:13:44,540 --> 00:13:45,641 MENTIONED ALREADY. 435 00:13:45,641 --> 00:13:47,343 AND SO WE LUCKED OUT. 436 00:13:47,343 --> 00:13:49,445 INFRARED TO HELP US FIND THE 437 00:13:49,445 --> 00:13:51,647 AMAZING MOLECULE AND THE 438 00:13:51,647 --> 00:13:54,650 EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES THAT COULD 439 00:13:54,650 --> 00:13:57,052 POSSIBLY SIGNAL A PLANET THAT IS 440 00:13:57,052 --> 00:13:59,355 HABITABILITY THAT IS THE NEXT 441 00:13:59,355 --> 00:14:00,656 STEP IN THAT JOURNEY. 442 00:14:00,656 --> 00:14:02,358 NOW, IN ORDER TO DO THAT. 443 00:14:02,358 --> 00:14:04,059 IN ORDER TO DETECT A PLANET 444 00:14:04,059 --> 00:14:05,861 WHERE WE CAN SAY, YES, THIS 445 00:14:05,861 --> 00:14:07,363 PLANET COULD HAVE LIFE AND WE 446 00:14:07,363 --> 00:14:08,564 HAVE TO GET LUCKY. 447 00:14:08,564 --> 00:14:10,900 SO WE ARE NOT SAYING WE ARE 448 00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:12,201 GOING TO FIND LIFE WITH THIS 449 00:14:12,201 --> 00:14:14,403 TELESCOPE BUT WE CAN SAY THIS 450 00:14:14,403 --> 00:14:17,406 TELESCOPE WILL DO AMAZING THINGS 451 00:14:17,406 --> 00:14:19,975 AND EXOPLANET SCIENCE IS OUR 452 00:14:19,975 --> 00:14:21,777 NEXT BIG STEP ON THAT JOURNEY IN 453 00:14:21,777 --> 00:14:22,978 OUR SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE 454 00:14:22,978 --> 00:14:24,079 UNIVERSE. 455 00:14:24,079 --> 00:14:24,980 THAT'S AWESOME. 456 00:14:24,980 --> 00:14:26,181 ALSO A TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION 457 00:14:26,181 --> 00:14:28,384 FROM #ASKNASA. 458 00:14:28,384 --> 00:14:30,085 JOHN IN MEXICO ON YOUTUBE ASKED 459 00:14:30,085 --> 00:14:31,987 IF THE TELESCOPE GOING TO BE 460 00:14:31,987 --> 00:14:35,291 ABLE TO VIEW ALL SIPES OF ON 461 00:14:35,291 --> 00:14:37,393 SPACE OR IT WILL BE PROHIBITED 462 00:14:37,393 --> 00:14:38,494 BY THE SUN IN. 463 00:14:38,494 --> 00:14:39,595 >> ACTUALLY, THE WAY WE 464 00:14:39,595 --> 00:14:42,798 CONFIGURE AND THE TELESCOPE WITH 465 00:14:42,798 --> 00:14:45,200 THE LARGE SUNSHIELD, WE PUT IT 466 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,102 ONE MILLION MILES AWAY AS THE 467 00:14:47,102 --> 00:14:48,604 ADMINISTRATOR MENTIONED AND LET 468 00:14:48,604 --> 00:14:51,006 US KEEP THE TELESCOPE ALWAYS 469 00:14:51,006 --> 00:14:52,408 POINTED TO DEEP SPACE. 470 00:14:52,408 --> 00:14:54,009 SO OVER A COURSE OF A YEAR, WE 471 00:14:54,009 --> 00:14:55,711 GET THE FULL SKY, WE CAN SEE 472 00:14:55,711 --> 00:14:58,013 ANYWHERE YOU CAN POINT ANYWHERE 473 00:14:58,013 --> 00:15:00,416 OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AND 474 00:15:00,416 --> 00:15:02,318 ANY GIVEN TIME, I THINK, WE CAN 475 00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:04,320 SEE JUST ABOUT 60% OF THE SKY. 476 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,622 SOP, YES, THE TELESCOPE IS NOT 477 00:15:06,622 --> 00:15:09,024 LIMITED UNLIKE WITH HUBBLE, 478 00:15:09,024 --> 00:15:10,025 WHERE IT IS GOING AROUND THE 479 00:15:10,025 --> 00:15:12,761 EARTH EVERY 90 MINUTES A WEBB 480 00:15:12,761 --> 00:15:15,164 WILL BE OPERATIONAL ALMOST 24-7. 481 00:15:15,164 --> 00:15:16,065 >> ALL RIGHT. 482 00:15:16,065 --> 00:15:16,865 >> OK. 483 00:15:16,865 --> 00:15:18,434 CONTINUE TO 2:00 SENIOR 484 00:15:18,434 --> 00:15:20,636 QUESTIONS IN AND USING HASHTAG 485 00:15:20,636 --> 00:15:22,538 ASK NASA ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK 486 00:15:22,538 --> 00:15:24,440 AND TRY GET THEM IN. 487 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:25,741 SO, OK. 488 00:15:25,741 --> 00:15:27,242 LET'S JUST CONTINUE AND DON'T 489 00:15:27,242 --> 00:15:31,347 EXCEL TOO QUICKLY BASS I HAVE 490 00:15:31,347 --> 00:15:32,448 SOME MORE OF THOSE QUESTIONS 491 00:15:32,448 --> 00:15:35,451 BUZZ AM WE'RE AMBER, KEITH, 492 00:15:35,451 --> 00:15:37,353 LET'S TALKING ABOUT THOSE 16 493 00:15:37,353 --> 00:15:39,355 ICONIC GOLD MIRRORS THAT ARE 494 00:15:39,355 --> 00:15:41,256 ACTUALLY ON THIS TELESCOPE. 495 00:15:41,256 --> 00:15:42,958 AMBER, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE 496 00:15:42,958 --> 00:15:45,561 SCIENCE BEHIND THOSE MIRRORS AND 497 00:15:45,561 --> 00:15:47,463 THEN, KEITH SHALL I WOULD LOOK 498 00:15:47,463 --> 00:15:49,565 YOU TO TELL US BE ENGINEERING 499 00:15:49,565 --> 00:15:51,166 BEHIND THE MIRRORS? 500 00:15:51,166 --> 00:15:51,767 >> SURE THING. 501 00:15:51,767 --> 00:15:53,068 THE REASON THEY ARE GOLD IN THE 502 00:15:53,068 --> 00:15:53,969 FIRST PLACE. 503 00:15:53,969 --> 00:15:56,572 GOLD IS GOOD REFLECTOR OF LIGHT. 504 00:15:56,572 --> 00:15:58,474 WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WEBB WILL 505 00:15:58,474 --> 00:16:02,378 VIEW THE UNIVERSE IN THE INFERED 506 00:16:02,378 --> 00:16:03,679 PART OF THE SPECTRUM AND SEE 507 00:16:03,679 --> 00:16:05,381 LIFE A LITTLE BIT MORE RED THAN 508 00:16:05,381 --> 00:16:07,483 VISIBLE LIGHT THAN THE SEE YOUS 509 00:16:07,483 --> 00:16:07,983 CAN SEE. 510 00:16:07,983 --> 00:16:09,485 GOLD REFLECTS THAT TYPE OF LIGHT 511 00:16:09,485 --> 00:16:10,285 REALLY WELL. 512 00:16:10,285 --> 00:16:12,021 THAT IS THE SCIENCE BEHIND WHY 513 00:16:12,021 --> 00:16:13,922 THE MIRROR IS GOLD. 514 00:16:13,922 --> 00:16:14,723 >> RIGHT. 515 00:16:14,723 --> 00:16:15,424 >> ALL RIGHT. 516 00:16:15,424 --> 00:16:16,025 KEITH? 517 00:16:16,025 --> 00:16:16,325 >> YEAH. 518 00:16:16,325 --> 00:16:18,293 SO WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE 519 00:16:18,293 --> 00:16:20,295 WANTED THE PRIMARY MIRROR, THE 520 00:16:20,295 --> 00:16:22,398 MAIN MIRROR TO BE REALLY LARGE, 521 00:16:22,398 --> 00:16:24,099 IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE LIGHTWEIGHT 522 00:16:24,099 --> 00:16:25,401 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LAUNCH IT 523 00:16:25,401 --> 00:16:25,901 INTO SPACE. 524 00:16:25,901 --> 00:16:26,902 WE LOOK AT GLASS. 525 00:16:26,902 --> 00:16:28,203 WE LOOK AT OTHER MATERIALS. 526 00:16:28,203 --> 00:16:29,505 THE BEST MATERIAL FOR THIS 527 00:16:29,505 --> 00:16:33,809 TELESCOPE WAS REALLY GOOD AT 528 00:16:33,809 --> 00:16:35,110 OPERATING TEMPERATURES WE LIKE. 529 00:16:35,110 --> 00:16:40,215 THESE ARE MADE OW OF BERYLLIUM. 530 00:16:40,215 --> 00:16:41,517 THEN, YOU START LOOKING AT HOW 531 00:16:41,517 --> 00:16:42,818 TO MANUFACTURER A LARGE MIRROR 532 00:16:42,818 --> 00:16:43,519 LIKE THIS. 533 00:16:43,519 --> 00:16:46,221 EACH ONE OF THE 18 SEGMENTS THE 534 00:16:46,221 --> 00:16:47,322 LARGEST, SEGMENT WE CAN 535 00:16:47,322 --> 00:16:48,624 MANUFACTURER SO WHEN YOU TAKE 536 00:16:48,624 --> 00:16:50,125 THE SIZE, YOU CAN TAKE THE 537 00:16:50,125 --> 00:16:51,627 MIRROR SEGMENT SIZE, THAT IS HOW 538 00:16:51,627 --> 00:16:53,328 YOU SEN UP WITH 18. 539 00:16:53,328 --> 00:16:53,629 GREAT. 540 00:16:53,629 --> 00:16:55,330 SO AS YOU HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS 541 00:16:55,330 --> 00:16:56,632 EPISODE. 542 00:16:56,632 --> 00:16:58,133 WEBB JUST COMPLETED A HUGE 543 00:16:58,133 --> 00:17:00,636 MILESTONE BY HAVING THE TWO 544 00:17:00,636 --> 00:17:02,438 HALVES CONNECT FOR THE FIRST 545 00:17:02,438 --> 00:17:02,838 TIME. 546 00:17:02,838 --> 00:17:04,339 LET'S TALK A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT 547 00:17:04,339 --> 00:17:07,743 IT WAS REALLY LIKE ♪ 548 00:17:07,743 --> 00:17:08,043 ♪ 549 00:17:08,043 --> 00:17:08,444 ♪ 550 00:17:08,444 --> 00:17:09,044 ♪ 551 00:17:09,044 --> 00:17:09,344 ♪ 552 00:17:09,344 --> 00:17:09,478 ♪ 553 00:17:09,478 --> 00:18:12,040 ♪ 554 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:12,941 >> WOW. 555 00:18:12,941 --> 00:18:14,843 JUST SO YOU KNOW, AN AMAZING 556 00:18:14,843 --> 00:18:16,545 PROCESS OF JOINING THE TWO 557 00:18:16,545 --> 00:18:17,846 HALVES TOWING FOR THE FIRST 558 00:18:17,846 --> 00:18:20,115 TIMES AT WE LEARNED TODAY, WEBB 559 00:18:20,115 --> 00:18:22,417 IS AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX 560 00:18:22,417 --> 00:18:24,119 TELESCOPE AND IT IS BEING BUILT 561 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:25,420 TO ANSWER SOME OF THE BIGGEST 562 00:18:25,420 --> 00:18:28,023 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UNIVERSE. 563 00:18:28,023 --> 00:18:29,525 AS A RESULT, ENGINEERS HAD TO 564 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:31,026 FIND A WAY TO ACTUALLY FOLD UP 565 00:18:31,026 --> 00:18:34,429 THE WEBB, SO IT COULD FIT INSIDE 566 00:18:34,429 --> 00:18:35,130 FOR LAUNCH. 567 00:18:35,130 --> 00:18:39,835 ONCE IT IS IN SPACE, IT WILL BE 568 00:18:39,835 --> 00:18:41,737 OVER AND KEITH IS AT THE WALL 569 00:18:41,737 --> 00:18:42,838 AND GOING TO EXPLAIN THE 570 00:18:42,838 --> 00:18:44,940 BEAUTIFUL TRANSFORMATION THAT 571 00:18:44,940 --> 00:18:47,342 WEBB WILL UNDERGO ONCE IT IS IN 572 00:18:47,342 --> 00:18:47,743 SPACE. 573 00:18:47,743 --> 00:18:53,148 KEITH, TAKE IT AWAY? 574 00:18:53,148 --> 00:18:55,050 >> THANK YOU, LESLIE. 575 00:18:55,050 --> 00:18:56,852 AM EXCITED TO SHOW THE SHORT 576 00:18:56,852 --> 00:18:58,654 VIDEO OF ALL HAPPEN. 577 00:18:58,654 --> 00:19:00,756 WE LAUNCH OUT OF THE FRENCH 578 00:19:00,756 --> 00:19:03,358 VIENNA SPACE PORT OUT OF SOUTH 579 00:19:03,358 --> 00:19:05,260 AMERICA AND TAKES 25 MINUTES TO 580 00:19:05,260 --> 00:19:06,161 GET TO ORBIT. 581 00:19:06,161 --> 00:19:08,063 WE DEPLOY THE SOLAR ARRAY, THIS 582 00:19:08,063 --> 00:19:09,965 IS PRETTY TIP CALF MOST 583 00:19:09,965 --> 00:19:11,066 SPACECRAFT. 584 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:12,701 WE NEED TO GET THE SOLAR ARRAY 585 00:19:12,701 --> 00:19:15,704 OUT, IN ORDER TO START PROVIDING 586 00:19:15,704 --> 00:19:16,205 POWER. 587 00:19:16,205 --> 00:19:17,606 UP TO THIS POINT, WE HAVE BEEN 588 00:19:17,606 --> 00:19:18,373 ON BATTERY. 589 00:19:18,373 --> 00:19:19,174 IS VERY POP. 590 00:19:19,174 --> 00:19:20,475 THAT IS THE FIRST THING WE DO. 591 00:19:20,475 --> 00:19:22,678 WE PUT THE SOLAR ARRAY UP. 592 00:19:22,678 --> 00:19:23,979 AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE CONDENSE 593 00:19:23,979 --> 00:19:24,980 IT QUITE A BIT. 594 00:19:24,980 --> 00:19:26,582 WE'RE 20 HOURS INTO THE MISSION 595 00:19:26,582 --> 00:19:26,982 HERE. 596 00:19:26,982 --> 00:19:28,283 DOWN HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SCALE 597 00:19:28,283 --> 00:19:29,985 AND HOW FAST WE ARE MOVING OVER 598 00:19:29,985 --> 00:19:32,387 ONE DAY PERIOD SO WE DID A MISS 599 00:19:32,387 --> 00:19:34,489 COURSE CORRECTION WHERE WE FIRE 600 00:19:34,489 --> 00:19:37,492 THE ONBOARD PROPULSION SYSTEM TO 601 00:19:37,492 --> 00:19:38,594 CORRECT ANY AREA. 602 00:19:38,594 --> 00:19:40,295 THAT AREA MAY HAVE PROVIDED BUT 603 00:19:40,295 --> 00:19:41,797 THEN PUT US ON TARGET. 604 00:19:41,797 --> 00:19:43,999 NOW, I CAN SEE THE REAL FUN 605 00:19:43,999 --> 00:19:44,600 STUFF HERE. 606 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,401 WE START TO PULL THE SUNSHIELD 607 00:19:46,401 --> 00:19:47,703 AND FIVE LAYERS OF THE 608 00:19:47,703 --> 00:19:50,405 SUNSHIELD. 609 00:19:50,405 --> 00:19:53,208 AND SUPPORT IS DURING LAUNCH AND 610 00:19:53,208 --> 00:19:54,710 POWER. 611 00:19:54,710 --> 00:19:58,413 AND ASSEMBLIES AND SECURE THEM 612 00:19:58,413 --> 00:19:59,915 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE 613 00:19:59,915 --> 00:20:02,718 FIRST THING WE PUT DOWN. 614 00:20:02,718 --> 00:20:04,419 A TABLE ON THE AIRPLANE AND HOW 615 00:20:04,419 --> 00:20:05,520 THEY FOLD DOWN. 616 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,623 EXTENDING UP AND WE WANT TO GET 617 00:20:07,623 --> 00:20:09,625 THIS TELESCOPE AWAY THE 618 00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:10,626 SPACECRAFT. 619 00:20:10,626 --> 00:20:11,727 REMEMBER THIS SPACECRAFT IS 620 00:20:11,727 --> 00:20:12,127 COLD. 621 00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:13,228 THE SPACECRAFT IS WARM. 622 00:20:13,228 --> 00:20:14,730 SO WE WANT TO SEPARATE IT. 623 00:20:14,730 --> 00:20:16,932 AFTER WE ROLL UP SOME COVERS 624 00:20:16,932 --> 00:20:19,635 THAT PROTECT THE FIVE MEMBRANES 625 00:20:19,635 --> 00:20:21,436 DURING LAUNCH THEN WE START THE 626 00:20:21,436 --> 00:20:23,138 PULLING OUT THE FIVE LAYERS NOW 627 00:20:23,138 --> 00:20:25,540 THESE FIVE LAYERS ARE FOLDED UP 628 00:20:25,540 --> 00:20:26,141 TOGETHER. 629 00:20:26,141 --> 00:20:28,043 WE USE SOMETHING CANNED A 630 00:20:28,043 --> 00:20:30,245 TELESCOPIC MID BOOM WHICH IS 631 00:20:30,245 --> 00:20:32,547 LIKE SELFIE STICK AND EXTEND 632 00:20:32,547 --> 00:20:33,048 THAT OUT. 633 00:20:33,048 --> 00:20:34,249 THAT DRAGS ALL OF THAT MATERIAL 634 00:20:34,249 --> 00:20:34,549 OUT. 635 00:20:34,549 --> 00:20:36,051 SO WE DO THAT ON EACH SIDE. 636 00:20:36,051 --> 00:20:38,553 THEN, THE VIDEO IS STOPPED HERE 637 00:20:38,553 --> 00:20:39,855 WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE 638 00:20:39,855 --> 00:20:41,156 TEMPERATURES WE WANT THE 639 00:20:41,156 --> 00:20:44,359 TELESCOPE VERY COLD AND GIVES 640 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:45,260 YOU ORIENTATION. 641 00:20:45,260 --> 00:20:47,162 THE SUN COMES IN DOWN HERE. 642 00:20:47,162 --> 00:20:48,263 IT IS PROVIDING POWER. 643 00:20:48,263 --> 00:20:50,165 SUNSHIELD SEPARATES THAT 644 00:20:50,165 --> 00:20:51,967 TELESCOPE THAT SUN AND THIS FIVE 645 00:20:51,967 --> 00:20:54,269 LAYER ASSEMBLY YOU CAN START IT 646 00:20:54,269 --> 00:20:54,970 BACK UP NOW. 647 00:20:54,970 --> 00:20:57,272 YOU CAN SEE WE TENSION THIS UP, 648 00:20:57,272 --> 00:20:59,474 ALL FIVE LAYERS TO CREATE 649 00:20:59,474 --> 00:21:01,176 SEPARATION BETWEEN THEM AND AS 650 00:21:01,176 --> 00:21:03,779 THIS ALLOWS ALL OF THAT THREAT 651 00:21:03,779 --> 00:21:05,280 THE SUN TO ESCAPE BEFORE IT 652 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,982 REACHES THE TELESCOPE. 653 00:21:06,982 --> 00:21:11,219 WE DEPLOY SOMETHING CALL THIS 654 00:21:11,219 --> 00:21:12,921 WHICH HELPS BALANCE SOLAR 655 00:21:12,921 --> 00:21:14,823 PRESSURE AND THEN, THE LAST 656 00:21:14,823 --> 00:21:17,025 THING WE DO ONCE WE GET THAT SUN 657 00:21:17,025 --> 00:21:19,695 SHIELD OUT, WE DO START UP SOME 658 00:21:19,695 --> 00:21:21,196 ELECTRONICS BUT THE BIG 659 00:21:21,196 --> 00:21:23,098 DEPLOYMENT HERE'S THE SECONDARY 660 00:21:23,098 --> 00:21:25,600 MIRROR OR THE TELESCOPE THAT HAS 661 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,203 BEEN STOWED UP AND SIT SITH ON A 662 00:21:28,203 --> 00:21:31,206 TRI POD ASSEMBLY AND 16 MIRROR 663 00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:33,008 SEGMENTS AND WE FOLD SIX OF THEM 664 00:21:33,008 --> 00:21:35,110 BACK LIKE A DROP LEAF TABLE SO 665 00:21:35,110 --> 00:21:37,212 WE UNFOLD THREE OF THOSE. 666 00:21:37,212 --> 00:21:38,513 THEY FOLD FORWARD. 667 00:21:38,513 --> 00:21:39,815 THE LAST THING WE DO IS FOUL THE 668 00:21:39,815 --> 00:21:41,316 OTHER THREE FORWARD LIKE THAT. 669 00:21:41,316 --> 00:21:44,319 AS YOU CAN SEE, 29 DAYS. 670 00:21:44,319 --> 00:21:45,821 I JUST COVERED ABOUT THREE 671 00:21:45,821 --> 00:21:47,622 MINUTES SO I AM VERY EXCITED TO 672 00:21:47,622 --> 00:21:51,226 TAKE SOME QUESTIONS ALONG ANY 673 00:21:51,226 --> 00:21:52,327 THING ABOUT JAMES WEBB. 674 00:21:52,327 --> 00:21:53,628 BACK TO YOU, LESLIE. 675 00:21:53,628 --> 00:21:54,029 >> THANKS. 676 00:21:54,029 --> 00:21:56,832 THAT IS QUITE DAY OF WHAT WEBB 677 00:21:56,832 --> 00:21:58,734 HAS PERFORMED AND TRAVELS ONE 678 00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:00,936 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH AND 30 679 00:22:00,936 --> 00:22:02,237 DAYS FOR DEPLOYMENT. 680 00:22:02,237 --> 00:22:04,139 SO THANKS FOR WALKING US THROUGH 681 00:22:04,139 --> 00:22:05,240 THAT, KEITH. 682 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:05,440 OK. 683 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,142 WELL, AMBER, LOOKS LIKE KEITH 684 00:22:07,142 --> 00:22:09,745 HAS PICKED PEEKED THE CURIOSITY. 685 00:22:09,745 --> 00:22:11,246 WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN 686 00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:11,780 THE CUE. 687 00:22:11,780 --> 00:22:12,681 LET'S TAKE THEM. 688 00:22:12,681 --> 00:22:13,682 ALL RIGHT. 689 00:22:13,682 --> 00:22:16,084 CAILEY ON FACEBOOK ASKS: HOW 690 00:22:16,084 --> 00:22:17,386 DOES WEBB GET TO THE FINAL 691 00:22:17,386 --> 00:22:17,986 DESTINATION? 692 00:22:17,986 --> 00:22:21,356 HOW DOES IT TOP IN A SPECIFIC 693 00:22:21,356 --> 00:22:23,859 SNOOT OK. 694 00:22:23,859 --> 00:22:25,660 LIKE I MENTIONED THERE, WE WATCH 695 00:22:25,660 --> 00:22:27,062 ON 5. 696 00:22:27,062 --> 00:22:30,365 AS THIS 5 PUTS US ON TRAJECTORY 697 00:22:30,365 --> 00:22:32,267 STRAIGHT OUT ABOUT ONE MILLION 698 00:22:32,267 --> 00:22:33,368 MILES WAY. 699 00:22:33,368 --> 00:22:34,669 FOUR TIMES THE DISTANCE OF THE 700 00:22:34,669 --> 00:22:36,171 MACHINE AND OPPOSITE THE SUN. 701 00:22:36,171 --> 00:22:39,174 WE ARE ON THAT ABOUT FOUR, TO BE 702 00:22:39,174 --> 00:22:41,076 ONE MILLION MILES AWAY. 703 00:22:41,076 --> 00:22:42,978 ACTUALLY, IT IS LIKE GOING UP A 704 00:22:42,978 --> 00:22:43,278 HILL. 705 00:22:43,278 --> 00:22:44,479 WE START OUT FAST. 706 00:22:44,479 --> 00:22:45,981 THEN AS WE GET FURTHER AND 707 00:22:45,981 --> 00:22:47,082 FURTHER FROM THE EARTH. 708 00:22:47,082 --> 00:22:48,383 WE START SLOWING DOWN. 709 00:22:48,383 --> 00:22:50,085 WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO 710 00:22:50,085 --> 00:22:51,787 PUT JUST ENOUGH ENERGY IN THE 711 00:22:51,787 --> 00:22:53,388 JAMES WEBB AS IT LEAVES THE 712 00:22:53,388 --> 00:22:55,290 EARTH SO IT STOPS RIGHT AT THAT 713 00:22:55,290 --> 00:22:57,592 L2-PINT OR THE ONE MILLION MILE 714 00:22:57,592 --> 00:22:58,894 AWAY FROM EARTH POINT AND WE 715 00:22:58,894 --> 00:23:00,896 ACTUALLY DON'T SIT AT A POINT 716 00:23:00,896 --> 00:23:02,397 ONE MILLION MILES AWAY. 717 00:23:02,397 --> 00:23:03,598 WE GO TO ORBIT. 718 00:23:03,598 --> 00:23:05,100 IT IS ORBIT AROUND THE SUN BUT 719 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:06,601 THE EARTH ACTUALLY DRAGS IT A 720 00:23:06,601 --> 00:23:07,702 LITTLE BIT THAT KEEPS THAT 721 00:23:07,702 --> 00:23:08,804 ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE SUN AND 722 00:23:08,804 --> 00:23:10,906 THE EARTH IN JAMES WEBB. 723 00:23:10,906 --> 00:23:11,206 >> WOW. 724 00:23:11,206 --> 00:23:13,041 THAT'S I AMAZING. 725 00:23:13,041 --> 00:23:14,142 LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION. 726 00:23:14,142 --> 00:23:17,946 WELL, YOUTUBE ASKS IS THE JAMES 727 00:23:17,946 --> 00:23:20,215 WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE GOING TO 728 00:23:20,215 --> 00:23:22,117 FOCUS ON BLACK HOLE NASA OH, 729 00:23:22,117 --> 00:23:22,517 YEAH. 730 00:23:22,517 --> 00:23:24,920 SO BLACK HOLES ARE ONE OF THE 731 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,122 AMAZING MYSTERIOUS THINGS IN THE 732 00:23:27,122 --> 00:23:27,923 UNIVERSE. 733 00:23:27,923 --> 00:23:29,624 THERE IS A LOT ABOUT THEM WE 734 00:23:29,624 --> 00:23:30,325 DON'T UNDERSTAND. 735 00:23:30,325 --> 00:23:32,227 WE'LL BE LEARNING LOTS OF NEW 736 00:23:32,227 --> 00:23:35,030 THINGS WITH JAMES WEBB ONE OF 737 00:23:35,030 --> 00:23:37,632 THE FOCUS OF WEBB IS TO STUDY 738 00:23:37,632 --> 00:23:40,135 AND LARN MORE ABOUT GALAXIES 739 00:23:40,135 --> 00:23:41,036 CHANGE OVERTIME. 740 00:23:41,036 --> 00:23:44,239 IF YOU LOOK AT THE EARLY THEY 741 00:23:44,239 --> 00:23:45,740 LOOK VERY, VERY DIFFERENT IN THE 742 00:23:45,740 --> 00:23:47,242 GALAXIES WE SEE TODAY IN THE 743 00:23:47,242 --> 00:23:50,445 NEARBY PRESENT DAY UNIVERSE SO 744 00:23:50,445 --> 00:23:51,746 UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT CHANGE 745 00:23:51,746 --> 00:23:53,748 TALKS PLACE OVERTIME IS ONE OF 746 00:23:53,748 --> 00:23:55,450 QUARTERBACK'S KEY GOAL AND WE 747 00:23:55,450 --> 00:23:57,552 KNOW THAT BLACK HOLES PLAY A 748 00:23:57,552 --> 00:23:59,354 MAJOR PART IN HOW THEY CHANGE 749 00:23:59,354 --> 00:23:59,955 OVERTIME. 750 00:23:59,955 --> 00:24:01,456 EVERY GIANT GALAX WHERE I THAT 751 00:24:01,456 --> 00:24:03,859 WE KNOW OF HAS HUGE BLACK HOLE 752 00:24:03,859 --> 00:24:05,760 AT THE CENTER AND NO IDEA HOW 753 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,062 THEY GOT THAT BIG AND ONE OF 754 00:24:07,062 --> 00:24:09,164 WEBB'S KEY SORT OF QUESTIONS WE 755 00:24:09,164 --> 00:24:10,665 WANT TO ANSWER IS HOW THE BLACK 756 00:24:10,665 --> 00:24:11,900 HOLES GET SO BIG. 757 00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:13,401 OH, FASCINATING. 758 00:24:13,401 --> 00:24:14,302 GO NASA. 759 00:24:14,302 --> 00:24:16,004 SO WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THIS 760 00:24:16,004 --> 00:24:18,106 TELESCOPE THAT IS LIKE A TIME 761 00:24:18,106 --> 00:24:18,874 MACHINE. 762 00:24:18,874 --> 00:24:20,575 BUT I AM INTERESTED TO HEAR 763 00:24:20,575 --> 00:24:21,877 ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN 764 00:24:21,877 --> 00:24:23,979 BETWEEN NOW AND THE ACTUAL TIME 765 00:24:23,979 --> 00:24:26,381 THAT IT WILL LAUNCH IN 2021 AND 766 00:24:26,381 --> 00:24:27,883 SO WE KNOW THAT THE TWO HALFS 767 00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:30,886 HAVE BEEN CONNECTED BUT KEITH 768 00:24:30,886 --> 00:24:32,988 AND AMBER CAN YOU TAKE US STEP 769 00:24:32,988 --> 00:24:34,589 BY STEP TIMELINE WHAT IS GOING 770 00:24:34,589 --> 00:24:37,592 TO HAPPEN FROM NOW UNTIL 2021. 771 00:24:37,592 --> 00:24:38,894 ADDS SAW IN THE VIDEO. 772 00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:40,395 WE PUT THE TWO HALVES TOGETHER. 773 00:24:40,395 --> 00:24:42,297 WE'RE EXCITED WE HAVE A FULL 774 00:24:42,297 --> 00:24:43,598 OBSERVATORY. 775 00:24:43,598 --> 00:24:46,201 BOTH OF THE HAVE BEEN TESTED NOW 776 00:24:46,201 --> 00:24:47,402 THEY ARE TOGETHER AND SPEND MOST 777 00:24:47,402 --> 00:24:50,705 OF 2020 TESTING THE OBSERVATORY 778 00:24:50,705 --> 00:24:52,507 AS THE SEASON GEL THING NOW. 779 00:24:52,507 --> 00:24:53,909 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT SOS 780 00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:57,612 2020 WHAT IS WE DO IS UNFOLDED 781 00:24:57,612 --> 00:24:58,914 EVERYTHING YOU SAW ON THE VIDEO 782 00:24:58,914 --> 00:25:00,415 AND THEN WE'LL FOLD IT BACK UP 783 00:25:00,415 --> 00:25:02,117 AND THEN EARLY NEXT YEAR MID 784 00:25:02,117 --> 00:25:03,818 NEXT YEAR, WE SUBJECT IT TO THE 785 00:25:03,818 --> 00:25:06,021 ENVIRONMENT OF THE ROCKET SO THE 786 00:25:06,021 --> 00:25:08,123 ROCKET SHAKES AND CREATES A LOT 787 00:25:08,123 --> 00:25:09,424 OF NOISE SO THAT IS CALLED 788 00:25:09,424 --> 00:25:12,160 ACOUSTIC AND VIBRATION TEST AND 789 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,764 SHAKEN TIRE OBSERVATORY AND TEST 790 00:25:15,764 --> 00:25:17,566 IT AND BRING FIGHTING THE CLEAN 791 00:25:17,566 --> 00:25:19,334 RAM AND DID ALL THE DEPLOYMENTS 792 00:25:19,334 --> 00:25:20,835 AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN 793 00:25:20,835 --> 00:25:22,737 DEPLOY SUCCESSFULLY AGAIN. 794 00:25:22,737 --> 00:25:24,239 ALL ALONG THE WAY WE ARE DOING 795 00:25:24,239 --> 00:25:25,941 ELECTRICAL TESTING SO MAKING 796 00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:27,242 SURE THE INSTRUMENTS ARE 797 00:25:27,242 --> 00:25:28,743 WORKING, THE ELECTRONICS ARE 798 00:25:28,743 --> 00:25:29,244 WORKING. 799 00:25:29,244 --> 00:25:30,745 THE SPACECRAFT COME NONES ARE 800 00:25:30,745 --> 00:25:32,647 ALL WORKING THEN LATE NEXT YEAR, 801 00:25:32,647 --> 00:25:34,349 ONCE WE COMPLETE THAT, WE'LL 802 00:25:34,349 --> 00:25:36,251 START FOLDING IT BACK UP AGAIN 803 00:25:36,251 --> 00:25:38,253 AND WE'LL BACK IT UP TOP THE 804 00:25:38,253 --> 00:25:39,955 SHIPPING CONTAIN TIMES LATE NEXT 805 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:40,355 YEAR. 806 00:25:40,355 --> 00:25:42,357 WE START THE PROCESS OF SHIPPING 807 00:25:42,357 --> 00:25:43,758 IT TO THE LAUNCH SITE AS I 808 00:25:43,758 --> 00:25:45,961 MENTIONED IT IN SOUTH AMERICA 809 00:25:45,961 --> 00:25:47,462 AND WE ACTUALLY DO THAT 810 00:25:47,462 --> 00:25:49,164 TRANSPORT I HAVE WHY A SHIP THAT 811 00:25:49,164 --> 00:25:51,066 WILL LEAVE L.A. L AND THEN, 812 00:25:51,066 --> 00:25:52,367 THEN, ARRIVE DOWN THERE. 813 00:25:52,367 --> 00:25:55,170 THAT WILL BE EARLY 2021. 814 00:25:55,170 --> 00:25:55,470 GREAT. 815 00:25:55,470 --> 00:25:56,972 SO SEVERAL TIMES YOU MENTIONED 816 00:25:56,972 --> 00:25:59,474 TESTING ANTEING AND RETESTING TO 817 00:25:59,474 --> 00:26:00,775 SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING TO 818 00:26:00,775 --> 00:26:02,477 STUDENTS ABOUT THIS ENGINEERING 819 00:26:02,477 --> 00:26:03,979 DESIGN PROCESS WE FEATURE. 820 00:26:03,979 --> 00:26:06,781 WE TALKED, WE ACTUALLY TALK 821 00:26:06,781 --> 00:26:07,882 ABOUT HOW OF CONTINUE WE HAVE TO 822 00:26:07,882 --> 00:26:08,483 TEST. 823 00:26:08,483 --> 00:26:09,784 IT IS LAUNCHED THERE IS NO 824 00:26:09,784 --> 00:26:11,086 CALLING IT BACK AND SAYING, 825 00:26:11,086 --> 00:26:11,720 BRING IT BACK. 826 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,622 WE HAVE TO DO THAT OVER AGAIN. 827 00:26:13,622 --> 00:26:14,522 THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 828 00:26:14,522 --> 00:26:17,525 WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 829 00:26:17,525 --> 00:26:18,526 ASK NASA. 830 00:26:18,526 --> 00:26:20,395 I WOULD LIKING TO JUMP TO ONE OR 831 00:26:20,395 --> 00:26:21,896 TWO IF WE HAVE TIME. 832 00:26:21,896 --> 00:26:24,599 WHY DOES THE SUNSHIELD NEED FIVE 833 00:26:24,599 --> 00:26:25,900 LAYERS? 834 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:28,103 >> OH, YEAH. 835 00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:30,205 >> SO FIVE TURNED OUT TO BE JUST 836 00:26:30,205 --> 00:26:31,706 ABOUT THE RIGHT NUMBER. 837 00:26:31,706 --> 00:26:33,008 TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE 838 00:26:33,008 --> 00:26:34,709 INFORMATION ON IT. 839 00:26:34,709 --> 00:26:36,911 FIVE LAYERS IS WHAT ALLOWS US. 840 00:26:36,911 --> 00:26:38,813 WE NEED ABOUT 500-DEGREE 841 00:26:38,813 --> 00:26:41,616 TEMPERATURE DROP OVER THAT 842 00:26:41,616 --> 00:26:43,818 ROUGHLY SIX FOOT TALL LAYER AND 843 00:26:43,818 --> 00:26:46,121 ALL SPREAD APART ABOUT SIX FEET 844 00:26:46,121 --> 00:26:49,324 WE NEED 500-DEGREE FAHRENHEIT 845 00:26:49,324 --> 00:26:51,126 TEMPERATURE DROP AND DICTATED 846 00:26:51,126 --> 00:26:52,627 FIVE LAYERS AND LOOKED AT 847 00:26:52,627 --> 00:26:54,529 PUTTING THE SIXTH LAYER THAT 848 00:26:54,529 --> 00:26:57,932 ADDS COMPLEXITY AND DIDN'T AS 849 00:26:57,932 --> 00:26:59,434 MUCH AS FAR AS TEMPERATURE DROP. 850 00:26:59,434 --> 00:27:01,336 THE TEMPERATURE DROP THE WARMEST 851 00:27:01,336 --> 00:27:03,138 LAYER THAT FACES THE SUN GETS 852 00:27:03,138 --> 00:27:04,439 MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO GET 853 00:27:04,439 --> 00:27:05,940 THAT TEMPERATURE COLDER AS YOU 854 00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:07,642 MOVE THOUGH COLDER LAYERS SO WE 855 00:27:07,642 --> 00:27:10,245 KEY HAVE ADDED A SIXTH LAYER AND 856 00:27:10,245 --> 00:27:12,280 HELPED A LITTLE BIT AND WASN'T 857 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,283 WORTH AND FOUR LAYERS WAS NOT 858 00:27:15,283 --> 00:27:16,785 ENOUGH SO THESE STUDIES WERE 859 00:27:16,785 --> 00:27:19,054 DONE A LONG, LONG TIME AGO. 860 00:27:19,054 --> 00:27:20,355 FIVE TURNED OUT TO BE THE RIGHT 861 00:27:20,355 --> 00:27:20,955 NUMBER. 862 00:27:20,955 --> 00:27:22,057 >> IT HAPPEN TO BE THE RIGHT 863 00:27:22,057 --> 00:27:22,657 NUMBER. 864 00:27:22,657 --> 00:27:23,058 RIGHT. 865 00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:23,358 RIGHT. 866 00:27:23,358 --> 00:27:24,359 I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. 867 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:25,660 WE HAVE A QUICK QUESTION THAT 868 00:27:25,660 --> 00:27:26,961 NEEDS A QUICK ANSWER. 869 00:27:26,961 --> 00:27:28,463 SO JOHN ASKS WHAT ARE THE 870 00:27:28,463 --> 00:27:30,565 OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE RANGES 871 00:27:30,565 --> 00:27:32,067 AND KEEP IT. 872 00:27:32,067 --> 00:27:33,368 YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER. 873 00:27:33,368 --> 00:27:35,170 CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT. 874 00:27:35,170 --> 00:27:35,770 >> YEAH. 875 00:27:35,770 --> 00:27:38,773 >> OUR TELESCOPE LOOK I SAID. 876 00:27:38,773 --> 00:27:40,475 WE LIABILITY TO BE AROUND 50. 877 00:27:40,475 --> 00:27:43,778 THAT IS MINUS 360 FAHRENHEIT SO 878 00:27:43,778 --> 00:27:45,480 WHEN YOU HEAR ON THE WEATHER IT 879 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,483 IS MINUS 0 IN NORTH DAKOTA. 880 00:27:48,483 --> 00:27:51,286 THAT IS MINUS 360 AND ALMOST 881 00:27:51,286 --> 00:27:52,287 HARD TO MAIM GIN. 882 00:27:52,287 --> 00:27:53,788 WE HAVE INSTRUMENTS THAT RUN 883 00:27:53,788 --> 00:27:54,489 COLDER IN THAT. 884 00:27:54,489 --> 00:27:56,191 WE COOL ALL THE INSTRUMENTS 885 00:27:56,191 --> 00:27:58,793 DETECTORS AT 30 CALVIN AND WE 886 00:27:58,793 --> 00:28:00,295 HAVE ONE INSTRUMENTS THAT 887 00:28:00,295 --> 00:28:02,597 OPERATES AT SIX IT IS CLOSE TO 888 00:28:02,597 --> 00:28:03,498 ACTUAL ZERO. 889 00:28:03,498 --> 00:28:03,898 RIGHT. 890 00:28:03,898 --> 00:28:05,400 TO THINK IN COLD WHEN IT IS 891 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:06,301 32DEGREES. 892 00:28:06,301 --> 00:28:06,701 RIGHT. 893 00:28:06,701 --> 00:28:07,102 RIGHT. 894 00:28:07,102 --> 00:28:07,402 ALL RIGHT. 895 00:28:07,402 --> 00:28:09,204 SO LOOKS LIKE, OH, THAT IS MY 896 00:28:09,204 --> 00:28:10,205 CUE. 897 00:28:10,205 --> 00:28:12,140 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HERE AGAIN AT 898 00:28:12,140 --> 00:28:13,842 THE END OF ANOTHER EPISODE OF 899 00:28:13,842 --> 00:28:17,445 NASA SCIENCE LIVE. 900 00:28:17,445 --> 00:28:18,346 TIME SEEMS TO FLY WHEN YOU ARE 901 00:28:18,346 --> 00:28:19,914 TALKING ABOUT NASA. 902 00:28:19,914 --> 00:28:21,216 YOU KNOW I AM GUILTY OF BEING 903 00:28:21,216 --> 00:28:21,816 PARTIAL. 904 00:28:21,816 --> 00:28:23,118 NONETHELESS SHALL WE'LL TAKE 905 00:28:23,118 --> 00:28:24,619 THIS TIME TO THANK YOU FOR 906 00:28:24,619 --> 00:28:25,320 JOINING US TODAY. 907 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,622 SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS AND I 908 00:28:27,622 --> 00:28:30,024 WANT TO THANK OUR STUDIO GUESTS, 909 00:28:30,024 --> 00:28:31,726 AMBER AND KEITH FOR TALKING TIME 910 00:28:31,726 --> 00:28:34,729 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 911 00:28:34,729 --> 00:28:36,731 SO I WANT TO, GAPE, POINT OUT TO 912 00:28:36,731 --> 00:28:39,634 YOU, THAT YOU CAN LOOK FOR 913 00:28:39,634 --> 00:28:42,537 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON WWW 914 00:28:42,537 --> 00:28:45,039 NASA.GOV AND MEANTIME, UNTIL 915 00:28:45,039 --> 00:28:47,041 NEXT TIME, CONTINUE TO REACH 916 00:28:47,041 --> 00:28:48,743 BEYOND THE STARS THAT YOU CAN 917 00:28:48,743 --> 00:28:49,344 SEE. 918 00:28:49,344 --> 00:28:50,645 THERE IS A LOT MORE TO BE 919 00:28:50,645 --> 00:28:53,331 EXPLORED AND DISCOVERED.