>> HELLO AND WELCOME.
>> I AM YOUR HOST, TAHIRA ALLEN.
THE PAST MONTH HAS BEEN SO
EXCITING FOR WEBB.
FROM THE BREATHTAKING LAUNCH IN
FRENCH GUIANA ON CHRISTMAS DAY,
TO THE TWO-WEEK UNFOLDING OF THE
PACKED TELESCOPE.
NOW THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES,
NOT ONLY DID EVERYTHING DEPLOY
PROPERLY, JUST ASPECTED, BUT
MOMENTS AGO, THE JAMES WEBB
SPACE TELESCOPE COMPLETED ITS
FINAL BURN, AND HAS NOW I HAVE A
ARRIVED AT THE FINAL
DESTINATION.
TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT FOR
WEBB, AS ITEM BARKS ON THE
MISSION TO UNCOVER MORE ABOUT
OUR UNIVERSE AND OUR PLACE IN
IT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VIRES WHO
INTERESTED IN JUST EXCITED ABOUT
THIS MISSION.
AND TODAY, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
FOR THOSE WATCHING LIVE, FEEL
FREE TOW PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S
SHOW BY SUBMITTING A QUESTION ON
SOCIAL MEDIA USING THE
#UNFOLDTHEUNIVERSE.
YOU CAN DROP A QUESTION INTO THE
COMMENT BOX WHEREVER YOU ARE
WATCHING THIS STREAM FROM.
WE'LL BE GETTING TO THOSE
QUESTIONS LIVE ON AIR.
SO STAY TUNED.
JOIN MEG TODAY ARE TWO SPECIAL
PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO ANSWER
YOUR BURNING QUESTIONS?
AM WE DOCTOR DR.AMBER STRAUGHN
AT WEBB DEPUTY PROJECT
SCIENTISTS AND SCARLIN
HERNANDEZ AT WEBB FLIGHT SYSTEMS
ENGINEER.
LADY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE HAPPY TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.
VERY EXCITING DAY.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> YEAH.
MEAN, ABSOLUTELY.
SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT YOU
TWO ARE ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT
WITH WHAT HAVING FINALLY ARRIVED
AT THE NEW HOME IN SPACE.
SCARLIN, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH
WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN TODAY TO
ENSURE THAT WEBB ARRIVED SAFE
AND SOUND IN THE NEW ORBIT.
>> SUPER EXCITED WE ARE FULLY
DEPLOYED AN HOUR AGO AND WE
PERFORMED THE FINAL MIDCOURSE
CORRECTIONS AND WHICH WAS ABOUT
FIVE MINUTES IN DURATION AND
HERE ACTUALLY CAN SEE A LIVE
FEED OF THE MISSION CONTROL
CENTER.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAUNCH IN
COMMISSIONING SUPPORT ROOM, WITH
ALL THE SPACECRAFT ENGINEERS,
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ARE
LOCATED, THEN I CAN SEE HERE ON
THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
THERE IS PERRY, THE LEAD FROM
OUR TEAM AND I SEE FLIGHT SOFT
WHERE BEHIND THERE THEN I SEE
SOME FROM OUR POWER TEAM AND OUR
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM SO IT IS ALL
HANDS ON DECK HERE, OF COURSE,
WE HAVE THE DEAL B TEAM, OR TEAM
VELOCITY, THEM A HELPED US GET
THE ORBIT TODAY AND SO, SUPER
EXCITED AND WE OF COURSE HAD A
SERIES OF STEPS TO TAKE TO
ENSURE SAFETY LIKE MAKING SURE
THAT OUR SYSTEM MOMENTUM WAS
BELOW THE EXPECTED THRESHOLD AND
HAD TO UPLINK WHICH IS BASICALLY
A TABLE OF THE EXPECTED POSITION
ON EACH ACCESS OVER A PERIOD OF
TIME, THEN WE WORKED CLOSE WHILE
THE FLIGHT DYNAMICS TEAM FOR THE
POSITIONING DATA AND THE BURNS
AND WE ALSO HAD TO ACTIVATE THE
HEART GROUPS TO ENSURE WE WERE
WARM ENOUGH TO START THEN WE
WERE ABLE TO BE BEAUTIFULLY
EXECUTE THE BURN WHICH SAID IS
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND SO, WE
ARE NOW AT OUR ORBITAL
DESTINATIONS AND ENOUGH TO MAKE
AMAZING DISCOVERIES.
>> WOW.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US THROUGH
THAT AND SOUNDS LIKE A LOT HAD
TO HAPPEN TODAY, AND THAT IS
BASICALLY HOW THIS PAST MONTH
HAS GONE FOR WEBB.
SO MUCH HAD TO GO RIGHT TO GET
US TO EVEN THIS MOMENT THAT WE
ARE HERE AT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO AMBER, DUE BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE THE PAST 30 DAYS FOR
WEBB THEN HELP UNDER HAD TO GO
PERFECTLY TO GET TOE WHERE IT IS
RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
WOW, A RIDE THIS LAST MONTH IT
HAS BEEN.
I MEAN, IT STARTED WITH THIS
SPECTACULAR LAUNCH ON CHRISTMAS
MORNING.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
THING TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, THE
LAUNCH ITSELF WAS SUPE REMEMBER
EFFICIENT.
JUST ALMOST PERFECT THE PERFECT
AS IT COULD GO AND SO, YOU KNOW,
THANKS TO OUR ESA PARTNERS SPOTS
FOR PROVIDING WITH US SUCH AN
AWESOME ROCKET.
THEN, PK, THE HARD PART STARTED.
YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
WERE FILLED WITH THESE INTENSE
DEPLOYMENTS THEN THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME THIS THE HAS BEEN
DONE LIKE THIS IN SPACE.
THE FIRST TIME ANYTHING LIKE TO
HAS BEEN DO IN SPACE.
THOSE DEPLOYMENTS ALSO WENT
PERFECTLY.
WE COULD HAVE NOT ASKED FOR
BETTER DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE.
THEY HAVE BECAME UP AN AWESOME
TELESCOPE THEN THE LAST TWO
VEHICLES BEEN GILL ARE FILLED
WITH THE TELESCOPE CONTINUING TO
COOL AND OF COURSE, IT HAS BEEN
TRAVELING OUT TOT THIS ALTITUDE
POINT AND THEN GETTING THE
MIRRORS READY NOR NEXT BIG PHASE
OF COMMISSIONING, THE
THREE-MONTH MIRROR ALIGNMENT
PROCESS.
>> WOW.
THANK YOU FOR PAINTING THAT
PICTURE FOR US.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS BEEN
INTENSE PAST 30 DAYS THEN IT IS
IN CREDIBLE TO HEAR HOW ALL OF
THESE TEAMS HAVE AROUND THE
WORLD HAD TO WORK TOGETHER TO
ENSURE THAT THIS REVOLUTIONARY
TELESCOPE IS SAFE AND SOUND AND
OPERATE RIGHT SHOULD BE.
WELL, SO, LIKE YOU JUST SHARED
WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESSFUL
DEPLOYMENT OF WEBB NOW, JUST
TODAY, I HAS ARRIVED AT THE
FINAL DESTINATION IN SPACE.
BUT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER,
LET'S TURN A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WEBB'S NEW STABLE HOME IN
SPACE AT LAGRANGE POINT 2.
>> THE JAMES WEBB SPACE
TELESCOPE WILL PERFORM SCIENCE
MISSION WHILE ORBITING LOCATION
IN SPACE ONE MILLION MILE IS A
WAY FROM EARTH CALLED THE SECOND
LAGRANGE POINT OR L2.
L2 IS A POINT WHERE THE
GRAVITATIONAL INFLUENCE COMBINED
TO WE COULD CREATE EQUILIBRIUM
THE TELESCOPE STATES IN LINE
WITH EARTH AS IT TRAVELS AROUND
THE SUN AND INSTRUMENTS NEED TO
BE KEPT COLD TOLL CLEARLY
OBSERVE THE SAME SIGNAL OF VERY
DIFFERENT OBJECTS THIS LOCATION
IS PERFECT FOR WEBB SUNSHIELD TO
BLOCK OUT LIGHT AND HEAT FROM
THE SUN, EARTH, MOON.
UNLIKE THE HUBBLE SPACE
TELESCOPE, WEBB'S ORBIT KEEPS
THE SPACECRAFT OUT OF OF THE
EARTH'S SHADOW MAKE! MAKE IT
FORMALLY STABLE FOR DOPPLER.
WEBB WILL OPERATE WITHIN REGARD
THE FIELD REFERS TO THE AND
ANGLES THE TELESCOPE CAN MOVE
WHILE STAYING ON THE SHADOW OF
THE SUN.
EACH INSTRUMENT HAS THE OWN
FIELD OF VIEW.
THE FIELD OF VIEWS THE AREA OF
THE SKY AND VINYLS CAN OBSERVE.
WEBB'S IS MOVED SO OBJECT CAN BE
OBSERVED BY THE DIFFERENT
INSTRUMENTS THEN PREVENTS THE
WHOLE TELESCOPE FROM HAVING TO
DO SO.
THE COMMISSIONING PROCESS WILL
BE COMPLETE APPROXIMATELY SIX
MONTHS AFTER LAUNCH AT WHICH
TIME WEBB WILL START.
HELPING TO UNCOVER MORE OF THE
MYSTERIES OF OUR UNIT EARTH.
FROM THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THAT LEADS US TO THE BIG
QUESTION FOR TODAY.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT NEXT FOR
WEBB'S MISSION.
IN ORDER FOR THE INSTRUMENTS IN
FINE STEERING TO FUNCTION AT
OPTIMAL CAPACITY AND NEED TO
REACH A SET TEMPERATURE RANGE
THEN ALIGNING BEEN MOVING ON TO
THE INSTRUMENT PACKAGE.
THIS IS ALL FUN.
FOR ME, THE SCIENCE IS THE FUN
PART AND SO WE EXPECT THE FIRST
SCIENCE IMAGE TO COME BACK IN
ABOUT FIVE MONTHS SO BE GETTING
EXCITED GETTING READY FOR THOSE
TO COME BACK LATER ON THIS
SUMMER AND WE CAN EXPECT REALLY
SPECTACULARLY BEAUTIFUL IMAGES
TO COME BACK FROM THIS AWESOME
NEW TELESCOPE, BUT BEYOND THAT,
THEY ARE GOING TO BE AMAZING
SCIENTIFICALLY, OF COURSE.
THE FIRST YEAR OF SCIENCE
OBSERVATIONS HAS ALREADY BEEN
PLANNED THEN WE WILL BE LOOKING
AT THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE
RANGING FROM OBJECTS WITHIN OUR
OWN SOLAR SYSTEM ALL THE WAY OUT
TO SEARCHING ANOTHER VERY FIRST
GALAXIES TO BE BORN.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE AWESOME.
WOW.
I MEAN, THE FUN HAS JUST BEGUN
AND IT IS LIKE VERY COOL TO HEAR
THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THIS FIRST
YEAR OF SCIENCE IRONED OUT.
THEN, I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK.
YOU MENTIONED THAT OVER THE NEXT
FIVE MONTHS, WEBB WILL CONTINUE
TO COOL DOWN INSTRUMENTS SO WEBB
HAS BEEN TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE
FOR THE PAST 30 DAYS, CAN YOU
HELP WHICH ALREADY VERY COLD.
CAN YOU HELP US UNDER I STAND
WHY IT TAKES SO LONG FOR WEBB TO
BE CONTINUE COOLING DOWN THIS
CORRECT TEMPERATURE.
>> YEAH.
THAT IS ACTUAL LAY GREAT
QUESTION.
I THINK SOMETIMES, IT IS EASY
FOR US TO ASSUME THAT IT SPACE,
IT CAN GET COLD.
SOME PLACES REACHING ABSOLUTE
ZERO WHY WOULDN'T WE FREEZE UP,
RIGHT?
ESPECIALLY THIS HUMONGOUS SUN
SHIELD, AND THE SUNSHIELD DIDN'T
INCREASE THE COOLING RATES QUITE
BIT, BUT WE HAD TO REMEMBER THAT
SPACE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT LIKE IT
IS HERE ON EARTH AND THEN, WE
HAVE HEAT TRANSFER PROCESSES HER
ON EARTH, LIKE CONVECTION AND
CONDUCTION AND THEN, IN SPACE WE
ARE IMPLEMENTED TO RADIATION
THEN, THEREFORE, THE HEAT
DISSIPATION TAKES A LOT LONGER.
>> NOW WITH THANK YOU FOR THAT
EXPLANATION.
BECAUSE LIKED, I MEAN YOU CAN
TEST IT ON ETHER.
WHEN YOU GET SPACE IT IS A WHOLE
DIFFERENT BALL GAME, SO ANOTHER
THING I WANT TO GO BACK TO OVER
THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS THAT IS YOU
MENTIONED THAT WE NEED TO ALIGN
MIRRORS SO THESE 18 PIECES ALL
HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND CAN
YOU WALK US THROUGH HOW THAT
WORKS?
>> RIGHT.
SO THESE 118 SECT NEEDS TO BE
POINTED IN ONE DIRECTION SO IT
CAN FLOW AS ONE GIANT MIR TO GET
AS MUCH COVERAGE AS POSSIBLE SO
NOW THAT THE MIRRORS HAS BEEN
CLEARED OFF THE LAUNCH
RESTRAINTS THEN MOVED SLIGHTLY
AWAY FROM THE TELESCOPE
STRUCTURE STARTING OFF, EACH
SEGMENT SEES INDEPENDENT LIGHT
SOURCES THEN BECAUSE THEY ARE
EVENTUALLY FACING DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS THEN, SO WE HAVE TO
ALIGN THEM TO WORK TOGETHER TO
RIGHT I KNOW, THEY HAVE
DIFFERENT MAJORS AND LOCATIONS
FOR EXAMPLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME,
THEN YOU SEE ONE OF ME.
BUT IF YOU ARE YOUR EYES WERE
NOT WORKING TOGETHER.
YOU MAY SEE TWO OF ME SO THINK
OF IT LIKE THAT OR SAY YOU HAD
HAND MIRROR AND LOOK INTO AND IT
HAD DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THEN EACH
ACCEPTING WAS SLIGHTLY OFF WOULD
YOU SEE THIS TWO OF YOURSELVES
BUT IT IF IT WAS NICE SLICK
SURFACE THEN YOU WOULD SEE
ACCURATE VIEW OF YOURSELF SO YOU
CAN THINK OF IT THAT WAY.
HE ARE USING RADIUS OF CURVATURE
MOTORS THAT ARE LOCATED BEHIND
EACH SEGMENT TO MAKE SMALL TINY
MOVEMENTS MOVING THEM JUST
MICRONS AND NANOMETERS SO OUR
SMALLEST MOVEMENT WOULD BE ABOUT
TEN THAT NANOMETERS THEN HEARD
THAT BEING DESCRIBED AS WITHIN
OUT OF 10,000 SO VERY TINY
MOVEMENTS THAT YOU HOW MUCH
CONTROL WE HAVE WE THESE MOTOR
AND PROVIDE DEGREES OF FREEDOM
AND MOVE EACH MIRROR CAREFULLY
AND WE'LL DETERMINE WHICH YOU
ARE REFLECTING FROM WHICH
MIRRORS THEN CONTROL PROCESS
WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE FULL
ALIGNMENT THEN, THEN, HE THEN
YOU KNOW FULLY ALIGN OUR GOLD
MIRROR THEN FINALLY FOCUS THE
TELESCOPE.
>> WELL WOW, THANK YOU.
THAT WAS REALLY GREAT EXPLAIN IS
OF THAT TO MOVE THE MOVEMENT IS
AS THIN AS HUMAN HAIR, I MAN THE
TECHNOLOGY ON THE TELESCOPE DOES
NOT CEASE TO AMAZE.
I WILL TAKE A STEP BACK BECAUSE
WE ARE GETTING A TON OF GREAT
QUESTIONS COMING IN ON-LINE.
SO LET'S JUST GET RIGHT TO THEM.
OUR FIRST QUESTION IS GOING TO
COME FROM KELVIN ON TWITTER.
HE DID HOW LONG WILL JSP TAKE TO
ACCOMPLISH ONE ORBIT AROUND
LAGRANGE POINT 2.
SCARLIN, COULD YOU EXPAND ON
THAT FOR US?
>> COULD YOU PREALLOT THE LAST
QUESTION?
THE AUDIO CUT OFF FAR ME A
LITTLE BIT.
>> YEAH.
SURE THING.
WE HAVE TWITTER WHO IS WONDERING
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE WEBB TO
ACCOMPLISH ONE FULLING ORBIT
AROUND LAGRANGE POINT 2.
WE LOST HER FOR A SECOND.
WHILE SHE IS COMING BACK IN,
AMBER, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION?
>> SO I DON'T KNOW THE EX AC
ANSWER BACK THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I AM ASTRONOMER.
WHAT I DO KNOW THAT IS THIS
ORBIT AROUND L2 POINT IS A HUGE
ORBIT.
AND SO, IT IS SORT OF OR BITS
AROUND THIS SORT OF, YOU KNOW,
IMAGINARY L2 STATIONARY PONT
DURING THE COURSE OF THE ORBIT
AROUND THE SUN, SO THE TELESCOPE
EVENTUALLY ORBITS THE SUN AND IN
LINE WITH THE EARTH THEN TAKES
THE YEAR TO MAKE THAT ORBIT
AROUND THE EARTH OR AROUND THE
SUN ALONG WITH THE EARTH THEN
ALONG THE WAY, IT IS MAKING THIS
LONG BIG CIRCULAR ORBIT AROUND
THE L2 POINT.
>> GREAT, THANKS FOR ARE THAT.
WHEN SCARLIN COMES BACK, WELL BE
SURE TO GET THE ANSWER FOR YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON.
WE HAVE A GREAT QUESTION.
HE WANTS TO KNOW CAN YOU TELL US
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS INVOLVED
WITH THE SELECTING WHAT TARGET
AND WHO THE PRIORITY AND
ALLOCATES TIME FOR EACH OF THESE
POINTS OF INTERESTS?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THE ANSWER IS THAT IT IS PURELY
SORT OF DEMOCRATIC.
ANYONE IN THE WORLD CAN PROPOSE
THEIR BEST IDEA ON WHERE TO
POINT THIS TELESCOPE.
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS WITH HUBBLE
RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS HOW IT IS GOING TO WORK
COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO BASICALLY, ONCE A YEAR,
ASTRONOMERS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD SORT OF GET TOGETHER AND
THINK ABOUT UP THEIR BEST IDEAS
OF WHERE TO POINT THE TELESCOPE
SO WE CAN LEARN NEW THINGS ABOUT
THE UNIVERSE AND THEY WRITE
PROPOSAL, SUBMIT THE PROPOSAL
WHERE THEN ANOTHER TEAM OF
ASTRONOMERS REVIEWS THE
PROPOSALS THEN SORT OF RANKS
THEM.
THIS IS ALL DONE ANONYMOUSLY, SO
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW,
STRIVING TO BE FAIR IN THE
PROCESS, SO AT IN THE OF THE
DAY, THE BEST IDEAS GET
PRIORITIZED THEN THAT GETS TIME
ON THE TELESCOPE NOW THE GREAT
THING ABOUT THIS DATA THAT IS
GOING TO COME BACK THE SAME
THING WITH HUBBLE, THAT A LOT OF
TIMES THE ASTRONOMERS WHO WIN
TIME GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
TIMES SO THEY GET ACCESS TO THE
DATA TAT FOR SIX MONTHS MAYBE A
YEAR BUT AFTER A YEAR IT ALL
BECOMES PUBLIC SO ANY WIN THE
WORLD CAN USE THAT DATA TO DO
SCIENCE, WHICH IS AWESOME.
SO THEN, A LOT OF THE DATA THAT
IS TAKEN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE
LIFETIME PARTICULARLY DURING THE
FIRST FEW MONTHS THEN IS GOING
TO BE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY TO
EVERYONE.
>> WOW.
IT IS SO COOL TO HEAR WEBB'S
DATA, ONE, THIS IS SUCH
INTERNATIONAL MISSION, IN THAT
THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE OF
TECHNOLOGY GETS TO BE USED AND
THE LOVE IS SHARED BY EVERYONE
AROUND THE WORLD.
AND TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP THAT
TALKING ABOUT WHAT OBJECTS JAMES
WEBB WILL BE LOOKING AT IN THE
TARGET AND ON TWITTER IS
WONDERING WILL J.W.S.T. LOOK AT
OBJECTS IN OUR OWN SOLAR SYSTEM
AS WELL?
SO JWC HAS THE ABILITY TO LOOK
AT OBJECTS FROM MARS ON OUT.
SO IT CAN'T, OF COURSE, GAIN, IT
IS ORBITING JUST OUTSIDE OF THE
ORBIT OF THE MOON, ABOUT FOUR
TIMES FURTHER AWAY THAN THE
MOON, THEN, SO SIT ALWAYS HAS TO
BE POINTED OUT TOWARD THE DEEP
SPACE AND NEVER CAN LOOK BACK
TOWARD THE EARTH SO FOR EXAMPLE.
IT COULD NEVER OBSERVE MERCURY
AND VENUS, BUT IT CAN OBSERVE
MARS IN EVERYTHING ON OUT.
IN FACT, DURING THAT FIRST YEAR,
OF OBSERVATIONS, WE HAVE
DETAILED PLANS TO LOOK AT LOTS
OF JOKES IN OUR SOL OAR SYSTEM,
FROM MARS SOME OF THE MOONS OF
THE OUTER PLANETS SO THERE IS A
WHOLE WIDTH THAT YOU CAN FIND
ON-LINE OF OBJECTS WITHIN OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE
PLANNING TO STUDY DURING THAT
FIRST YEAR.
>> NICE THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO
FIND THIS INFORMATION?
SO THE ABSOLUTELY.
SO THE SCIENCE INSTITUTE WITH
THE MISSION OPERATION CENTER IS
LOCATED AND IF YOU GO ON THEIR
WEBSITE, THAT IS WHERE THEY HAVE
LISTED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
OBSERVING PROGRAMS THAT ARE
PLANNED FOR THE FIRST YEAR SO
YOU MAY HAVE TO GO A LINK OR TWO
DEEP SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND IT
EASILY OR YOU CAN JUST GOOGLE
CYCLE ONE AND SO WE CALLED THE
CYCLES YEAR-BY-YEAR, SO CYCLE
ONE OBSERVATIONS ARE WHAT THE
FIRST YEAR IS GOING TO BE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
THAT.
I KNOW A TON OF VIEWERS ARE
GOING TO PECKED TO HEAR THAT
ABOUT A US THAT IS A QUESTION WE
GET SO OFTEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO AMBER, WE HAVE ANOTHER
QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK DANIELLE
ASKS IS THE EXPO POS SURE TIME
INFRARED DIFFERENT THAN IT IS
INVISIBLE LIGHT FOR DATA
ACQUISITION?
>> AXE WILLINGLY.
SO THE WAVELENGTHS THE
WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT YOU ARE
LOOKING AT ALWAYS DOES COME INTO
PLAY.
WHEN ARE PLANNING THESE
OBSERVATION THEN THAT IS FOR
SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS BUT
ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL REASONS
IS JUST BECAUSE OBJECTS IN THE
UNIVERSE EMIT THE DIFFERENT
WAVELENGTHS WAS LIGHT AT
DIFFERENT STRENGTHS.
OKAY.
SO YOU CAN THINK OF ONE OBJECT
MIGHT NOT BE VERY BRIGHT IN THE
VISIBLE LIGHT, BUT MIGHT BE
EMITTING A LOT OF INFRARED
LIGHT.
IN FACT SOME OF THE THINGS WE
WANT TO LOOK AT ARE GOING TO BE
GREAT TO OB SWERVE THIS
TELESCOPE AND FOR THAT SPECIFIC
REASON.
BUT YOU CANNOT REALLY SEE THEM
IN VISIBLE LATE OR OTHER
LABELINGS BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM
IN INFRARED LIGHT SO YES,
BECAUSE OBJECTS EMIT AT
DIFFERENT SORT OF POWER AT
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
WAVELENGTH RANGE MEANS WE HAVE
TO SORT OF CALCULATE THOSE
DIFFERENT EXPOSURE TIMES.
>> EXPOSURE TIMES.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT
THESE INFRARED IMAGES.
PEOPLE ASK IF THEY ARE PRETTY.
WHICH IS A VALID QUESTION.
AND YOU WHAT SEA ON THE SCREEN
NOW IS A NEAR INFRARED RIM AM
MAJOR FROM HUBBLE.
SO HUBBLE HAS LITTLE BIT OF
CAPABILITY IN THE NEAR INFRARED.
THIS IS THE NEAR INFRARED IMAGE
OF THE EAGLE NEBULA OR THE
PILLARS OF CREATION FROM HUBBLE.
WHAT INFRARED LIGHT ALLOWS US TO
DO IS EVENTUALLY PEER DOWN THE
DUST CLOUDS THAT YOU CANNOT SEE
WITH VISIBLY AND ALLOWS US TO BE
THE STARS BEING BORN AND THEY
ASK IF THE PICTURES ARE PRETTY.
POINT THEM TOM THIS IMAGE
BECAUSE PIT IS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL SPECTACULAR IMAGE.
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE.
OH, HEY SCARLIN.
SO GLAD TO HE SUE BACK ON-LINE.
>> SORRY.
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
NO WORRIES AT ALL.
AMBER, WILL TALK TO YOU.
ONE MORE QUEEN THE SAYING ARE
SAME LIGHT.
WE HAVE MARK ON FACEBOOK WHO
WANTS TO KNOW, THAT DUE TO
WEBB'S POSITION AT L2 THERE IS
ANYTHING WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
SEE?
>> YEAH.
SO I TOUCH ON THIS A LITTLE BIT
BUT BECAUSE IT IS AT THAT PART
IN SPACE, AND BAITS IS INFRARED
TELESCOPE SHALL THE MIRRORS HAVE
TO BE POINTING OUTWARD AWAY THE
SUN.
WE CANNOT EVER POINT THE
TELESCOPE BACK TOWARD THE SUN
BECAUSE THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY
FRAY OUR DETECTORS SO THAT
MEANINGS WE CANNOT LOOK BACK AT
THE MOON, THE EARTH, VENUS,
MERCURY OR THE SUN ITSELF, OF
COURSE.
THEN, EVERYTHING ELSE FROM THE
ORBIT OF MARS ON OUT IS FAIR
GAME FOR THIS TELESCOPE.
>> WOW.
I MEAN, THAT GIVES US A LOT TO
LOOK AT.
THANKS SO MUCH.
SO SCARLIN, SHE WAS TELLING US
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR WEBB TO
IMAGE AND HOW THAT PROCESS
REALLY WORKS BETWEEN THE
INFRARED AND THE VISIBLE LIGHT
BUT WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM MIKE
T. ON YOUTUBE WHO ASKED HOW LONG
DOES IT TAKE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
TO TRANSFER?
DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THAT?
>> WELL, THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC
QUESTION, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE
TO DEFER THAT ONE TO THE TEAM
BUT WE USED THESE MASSIVE
POWERFUL ANTENNAS THE GROUND TO
RELAY THE SIGNAL FROM THE
COMPUTERS AND THE MISSION
OPERATIONS CENTER TO THE
TELESCOPE, SO FROM THE CONTROL
CENTER, WE ARE SENDING COMMANDS
TO THE TELESCOPE AND ANY
ACTIVITY THAT FORMERS COME
PANELING FROM THE CONTROL CENTER
AND THEN, THEN, ONCE THE
TELESCOPE PERFORMED WHAT IT
NEEDS TO DO WE ARE MONITORING
REAL TIME TELL EM TRY DOWN ON
THE GROUND.
>> WOW THANK YOU.
SO THAT DOO MONITOR THIS
TELESCOPE SYSTEMS THEN A LITTLE
BIT EARLIER YOU MENTIONED IN THE
IMMEDIATE FUTURE, THE NEXT FIVE
MONTHS, WEBB WILL NEED TO
COOLDOWN TO SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE
IN ORDER FOR INSTRUMENTS TO WORK
THEN SO WE HAVE ANTHONY ON
INSTAGRAM WHO WANTS TO KNOW
SPECIFICALLY HOW MUCH TIME TILL
WEBB ACTUALLY COOLS DOWN THIS
CORRECT TEMPERATURE?
>> RIGHT.
SO IT IS ABOUT 40 KELVIN AND
TAKES 98 DAYS TO COOL DOWN TO
TEMPERATURE.
WOW.
THAT IS VERY COLD.
THANK YOU.
AND SO, YEAH.
FOLLOW-UP APP ON TWITTER ASKS
HAS THE GRADUAL COOLING DOWN
OVER WEBB OVER THE LAST WEEK
BEEN ACCORDING TO THE
SIMULATION?
HAS IT HAPPENED AS YOU ALL
THOUGHT IT WOULD?
>> YEAH.
OF COURSE, IT IS NEVER PERFECT
BECAUSE IT IS A SIMULATION.
BUZZ YES, IT HAS BEEN ALMOST
JUST AS EXPECTED WE HAD OUR
COOLING RATE INCREASE QUITE A
LOT FROM THE DEPLOYMENT OF
EVERYTHING AND GOING MARVELOUS
REALLY.
>> NICE.
THEN THAT IS WHAT WE LOVE TO
HEAR AND HOPE IT CONTINUES THAT
WAY OVER THE NEXT FIVE AND A
HALF MONTHS FINGERS CROSSED THEN
SO, ANOTHER QUESTION WE HAVE IS
FROM JUSTIN ON TWITTER WHO ASKED
THERE OTHER OBSERVE TO RINSE L2
BESIDES JWS2?
>> WELL, SCARLIN, DO YOU WANT TO
TAKE THIS ONE?
>> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS ONE,
ACTUAL SURE.
YEAH.
SURE.
SO THERE ARE, THAT ARE OTHERS
OUT IN THIS PART OF SPACE.
THERE IS THE EUROPEAN
OBSERVATORY IS OUT IN THE PART
OF SPACE AND IN FACT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT FOR
EXAMPLE THE MICROMETEORITE
SITUATION IN THE PART OF SPACE
THANKS TO THE OTHER SAT
SATELLITES.
THAT WE DID WE GET A LOT.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO NOT
REALLY BECAUSE IT IS AND PART OF
THE REASON AND ACCESS IT FROM
OTHER SPACECRAFT IN THAT PART OF
SPACE.
WE DO HAVE OTHER SATELLITES OUT
IN THAT PART OF SPACE.
>> NICE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
SUBMITTING YOUR QUESTIONS TODAY
AND IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE
LIVE IN TODAY'S SHOW BY DROPPING
A QUESTION WHEREVER YOU ARE
WATCHING FROM OR USING THE
HASHTAG UNFOLD THE UNIVERSE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
SCARLIN, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
FIRST ANOTHER WAY FOR THOSE
WATCHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
WEBB MISSION.
WE KNOW THAT FIVE MONTHS IS A
LONG TIME WAIT AND WONDER ABOUT
WHAT WEBB WILL DISCOVER.
1:00 SHOW US WHAT YOU BELIEVE
THE WEBB TELESCOPE WILL REVEAL
BY CREATING ART.
YOU CAN SING.
YOU CAN PAINT.
YOU CAN DANCE.
THE UNIVERSE IS LITERALLY THE
LIMB MILT IN THE CASE.
SEASHORE SHARE PICTURE OR VIDEO
OF AND YOUR CROATIAN ON-LINE
USING THE HASHTAG UNFOLD THE
UNIVERSE.
YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCES TO BE
FEATURED ON NASA'S SOCIAL MEDIA
PAGE AND ALSO THE NASA WEBSITE.
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW IT WORKS.
HI EVERYONE.
I AM KELLY THIS IS KICKING OFF
THE UNFOLD THE UNIVERSE
CHALLENGE WITH THE JAMES WEBB
SPACE TELESCOPE.
THE WEBB TELESCOPES THE MOST
POWERFUL BIG TELESCOPE EVER AND
HELP REVEAL THE UNIVERSE LIKE
NEVER BEFORE.
DO YOU THINK WE'LL DISCOVER I
THINK WE'LL SEE STARS, GALAXIES.
I CAN'T WAIT.
>> NASA UNFOLDS THE UNIVERSE
ART CHALLENGE.
USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO SHARE
WHAT YOU BELIEVE THE WEBB
TELESCOPE WILL FINAL.
COULD BE DRAWING, PEOPLE, SONG,
CUE BE CREATIVE.
>> WHILE DELTA IS BEAUTIFUL.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU WHATEVER
ONE COMES UP WITH.
YOU CAN SHARE THE VIDEO OF YOUR
ART AND WHAT YOU THINK WEBB WILL
DISCOVER USING THE HASHTAG
UNFOLD THE UNIVERSE.
GO WEBB.
GO.
>> I LOVE THIS ART CHALLENGE SO
MUCH.
I HAD THE AMAZING HONOR OF BEING
ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT GETS TO
SIFT THROUGH THE SUBMISSIONS AND
EACH CREATION HAS BEEN SO
INCREDIBLY UNIQUE, THEN REALLY
JUST SHOWCASES PEOPLE'S
INDIVIDUALITY AND INSPIRING TO
SEE EVERYONE'S WONDER IF AROUND
THE WORLD AND PEOPLE FROM ALL
AGES AND SO MANY.
THANK YOU.
WHO KNOWS.
AND WILL BE WHAT WEBB REVEALS
KEEP THEM AND SUBMIT THEM THESE
HASHTAG UNFOLD THE UNIVERSE AND
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM SO WE
IN COVERAGE YOU TO JOIN.
OK.
LET'S BRING BACK AMBER AND
SCARLIN BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MAN
GREAT QUESTIONS COMING IN
ON-LINE.
THE NEXT QUESTION WE HAVE IS A
PERSONAL ONE ON TWITTER . WILL
THEY LOOK AT THE HUBBLE DEEP
FIELD.
THIS IS A PERFECT ONE FOR YOU.
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SEE IT?
>> YES.
YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE PRIMARY
DRIVERS FOR BUILDING BACK YEARS
AGO, A COUPLE OF DECADES AGO WAS
TO ABLE TO FUND THE VERY FIRST
GALAXIES THAT WERE BORN AFTER
THE BIG BEEN AND BY LOOKING AT
IMAGES LIKE THE HUBBLE TRAWL
DEEP SHIELD WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
PUSH BACK TO SEE DISTANT
GALAXIES BUT AT SOME POINT WE
COME TO THE EDGE AT WHAT HUBBLE
COOL SEE AND WAS SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNED TO HELP US FIND THOSE
FIRST GALAXIES BE YOND WHAT
HUBBLE IS CAP OF SEEING THE
HUBBLE ULTRADEEP FIELD AND THE
OTHER DEEP FIELDS THAT HUBBLE
OBSERVED THE PLACE IN SPACES
THAT ARE INCREDIBLY RICH IN DATA
SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE DATA FROM
HUBBLE, BUT WE HAVE DATA FROM
OTHER OBSERVATORIES AND X RAY
AND WE HAVE INFRARED DATA AND
SO, SO, ALL, SO ALL DIFFERENT
KINDS AND ALL DIFFERENT
WAVELENGTHS OF DATA THAN THE
FIELDS SO THE FIELDS THEMSELVES
ARE INCREDIBLY RICH AND ADDING
JWST'S DEEP DATA ON TOP IS GOING
TO HELP US BOTH HOPEFULLY FIND
THOSE FIRST GALAXIES TO BE BORN
OVER 13.5BILLION YEARS AGO AS
WELL AS JUST ADD TO DEPTH OF
KNOWLEDGE THAT WE CAN LEARN
ABOUT GALAXIES AND ABOUT GALAXY
EVOLUTION IN THE VERY RICH
FIELDS.
>> WOW.
MEAN, YOU MENTIONED 13.5BILLION
YEARS, IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE
WHAT THIS TELESCOPE CAN SEE, AND
SO, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HUBBLE,
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST
OBSERVATION THEN THAT LEAD A
REALLY GREAT QUESTION FROM
TWITTER ON YOUTUBE AND THIS IS A
GREAT ONE FOR YOU.
ARE THE MIRROR ALIGNMENTS AND
ADJUST PRESIDENTS INTENDED TO BE
PERTINENT OR WILL THEY NEED TO
BE ADJUSTMENTS ON WHAT WEBB
DECIDES TO LOOK AT.
>> YES.
SOL THIS DESIGN TO BE ADJUSTED
ANY TIME THAT IT NEEDS TO BE
THEN ANY TIME IT NEEDS TO BE.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO ALIGN THEM
THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE
MISSION.
>> SO IT IS NOT JUST RIGHT NOW.
IT ITS CONTINUOUS PROCESS.
AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THEE ARE
ALWAYS PERFECTLY LINED.
>> WOW.
IT IS REALLY LIKE WE DO HAVE OUR
OWN TRANSFORMER IN SPACE.
THAT IS SO COOL.
AND SO, OH, I HAVE A GREAT
QUESTION FOR BOTH MUCH YOU.
EMMA FITZPATRICK ON YOUTUBE ASKS
ARE STATES.
HI, MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SON IS IN
SPIRING ENGINEER AND INSPIRED TO
WATCH YOU TONIGHT.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE FOR
HIM TO SOME DAY WORK ON PROJECTS
LIKE THIS?
SCARLIN.
DO YOU WANT TO KICK IT OFF?
>> SURE.
I WOULD SAY WORK VERY HARD.
DON'T GIVE UP.
ENGINEERING CAN HARD FOR A
REASON.
BUT THEN WE GET AMAZING GIFTS
LIKE JWST SO IT IS ALWAYS WORK
ARE WORTH IT.
CONTINUE ON YOUR PATH.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GREAT
SUPPORT SYSTEM.
AND LOOK SAID, NEVER GIVE UP.
>> REACH FOR THE STARS.
>> OK.
I LOVE IT.
THEN, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE A
LOT OF ASPIRING SCIENTIST, DO
YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR ANY ONE
OUT THERE WHO MAY WANT TO FOLLOW
YOUR FOOTSTEPS ONE DAY?
>> YEAH.
WELL, BE WITH SCARLIN GAVE GREAT
ADVICE AND HOLDS FOR SCIENCE AS
WELL.
THEN ONE THING THAT IS SUPPORT
NETWORK.
I KNOW THAT MENTORS HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME TO
HELP ME GET TOT WHERE I AM IN MY
CAREER AND THEN SO I THINK IT IS
SUPER IMPORTANT TO FIND PEOPLE
ALL ALONG THE WAY, NO MATTER
WHAT STAGE YOU ARE IN YOUR
EDUCATION AND YOUR LEARNING AND
TO FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING
TO HELP YOU AND SUPPORT YOU AND
SORT OF HELP YOU MAKE IT TO THE
NEXT STEP BECAUSE NONE OF US DO
ANY OF THIS BY OURSELVES YOU
KNOW IT?
A GROUP EFFORT FOR SURE.
FINDS GOOD MENTORS BUT PROBABLY
MY TOP PIECE OF ADVICE.
THEN, IF I COULD JUMP BACK TO
PREVIOUS QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT
NOW HAS A NEWSPAPER ANSWER.
WHENEVER THE ENGINEERS TED, ME.
THANKS.
THANK YOU SAD AND SAID THE TIME
IT TAKES TO ORBIT L2 IS 1880
DAYS WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL
JUST NOW.
SO IT ACTUALLY TAKES HALF A YEAR
ALMOST TO MAKE THAT FULL
COMPLETE ORBIT AROUND L2 SO I
KNEW IT WAS LISTENING TIME.
DIDN'T QUITE REALIZE THAT I WAS
THIS LONG SO SUPER INTERESTING.
>> YEAH.
WOW.
THANK NUR.
THANK YOU, MIKE.
AND THEN SO MOVING ON.
WE HAVE A GREAT QUESTION FROM
OPINION ANYON FACEBOOK.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS ONE.
FEEL FREE.
SHE WANTS TO KNOW HOW WILL THE
PUBLIC ACCESS IMAGES ONCE THEY
ARE ACQUIRED?
>> YEAH.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT WILL BE HOUSED AT THE SPACE
TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE SO
THEY ARE FOR HOUSING THE DATA
AND ALSO FOR HUBBLE SO THAT WILL
BE THE PLACES TO GO TO GET THE
ALL OF THE IMAGES THEN OF
COURSE, AS WE MAKE DISCOVERIES
AS THEY MAKE DISCOVERS ARE ALONG
THE WAY WITH THE DATA AND THEN
WE WILL OF COURSE YOU KNOW
PROVIDE THOSE FULLY PRODUCED
BEAUTIFUL IMAGES AND TO THE
PUBLIC AS WELL ON ALL OF NASAS'
CHANNELS.
ON GREAT NEWS.
THANK YOU.
SO OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
CORONER ON FACEBOOK AND WHO ASKS
WILL THOUGH JWST COLLECTING FOR
THE SUN PUSHING ON THE SUN
SHIELD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IN SIGHT ON
THAT?
WE WILL GET A LOT OF SOLAR
PRESSURE SOLAR RADIATION
PRESSURE ON THE SUN SHIELD
BURSAS FAR AS THAT, I THINK
AMBER WOULD PROBABLY BE A BETTER
SOURCE.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
AS SHE MENTIONED AS THIS SOLAR
RADIATION WILL PUSH ON US, SO
THAT IS YOU KNOW, THE SUN SHIELD
IS EVENTUALLY A SOLAR FAIL AND
SO,WAY, WE WILL MAKE SMALL
CORRECTIONS DURING THE COURSE OF
OPERATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE SORT
OF OFFLOAD THAT MOMENTUM THAT
BUILDS UP DUE TO SOLAR RADIATION
ON THE SHIELD.
YEP.
THAT IS A REGULAR PART OF OUR
OPERATION.
>> YEAH.
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH AMBER
ON THAT ONE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND ON THE TOPIC OF NEW
TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY BUILT FOR
THIS TELESCOPE.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM BRENT ON
TWITTER WHO ASKED WHAT ARE SOME
OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT
BUILDING THE TELESCOPE HAS
CREATED ESPECIALLY
TRANSFORMATIVE TESTS AND MIGHT
HAVE CHANGED OUR DALLY LIVES SO
BASICALLY, HE IS LOOKING FOR
SPIN-OFFS HAS ANY OTHER NEW
TECHNOLOGY BEEN CREATED THROUGH
THE BUILDING AND OPERATION OF
WEBB?
>> P WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST
THAT IS A WITH GREAT QUESTION I
AM CURIOUS ABOUT.
>> Y.
SO THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND
THAT I KNOW OF THAT I KNOW NASA
HAS TALKED ABOUT AND IS THE FACT
THAT BECAUSE THESE MIRRORS HAVE
TO BE ALIGNED SO PRECISELY THEN,
THE SHAPE OF THE MIRROR HAS TO
BE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AND SO
THAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THIS
UPCOMING THREE MONTH MIRROR
ALIGNMENT PROCESS SO, IF YOU CAN
IMAGINE ITS THE WHOLE 22-FOOT
MIRROR WAS THE SIZE OF A COTTON
CONTINENTAL U.S. THE BIGGEST BUM
ON THE MIRROR IS GOING TO BE AN
INCH OR TWO, SO IT IS, IT IS
VERY, VERY SMOOTH THE SURFACES
THE MIRROR AND NOW, IT TURNS OUT
THAT CONFIRMING THAT SMOOTHNESS
AND EVEN MEASURING THE
SMOOTHNESS IS REALLY, REALLY
HARD TO DO.
AND SO, JUST THE TECHNOLOGY THAT
WE HAD TO DEVELOP TO MEASURE THE
SMOOTHNESS OF THE MIRROR AND HAS
ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN USED IN
THE MEDICAL FIELD AND IN THE
FIELD OF OPTOLOGY SO EYE DOCTORS
HAVE USED THIS TECHNOLOGY HELP
MEASURE THE SHAPE OF THE HUMAN
EYE AND THIS IS ALREADY GOTTEN
BENEFITS IN MAKING EYE SURGERY
MUCH SHORTER, MUCH MORE
EFFICIENT AND MUCH SAFER SO THAT
IS ONE EXAMPLE OF SORT OF A
SPIN-OFF TECHNOLOGY COME
INTERESTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THIS TELESCOPE THAT REALLY PLAYS
REAL EFFECTS IN THE REAL WORLD.
OOP WOW.
THAT IS REALLY COOL.
THANK I AM TO STICK ON THE
TONGUE OF MIRROR.
SCARLIN WE HAVE A WHO HE ASKS,
WELL, ACTUALLY, LOOK FOR MORE
ABOUT WHERE WEBB'S 18 SIGNATURE
IS SUPPOSED TO BE POINTED?
SPECIFICALLY, WONDERING ARE ALL
18 SEGMENTS POINTED IN 18
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OR POINTED
IN ONE DIRECTION AND AIMED AT
AND TARGETED AT DIFFERENT
POINTS.
OF OOP YES.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THEY VERY TO BE ALL THE 18
SEGMENTS HAVE TO BE LINED TO
MAKE THAT ICONIC PICTURE THAT
YOU ALL SEE AND BIT OF A
CONDITION CAVE MIRROR THERE AND
THEN BASICALLY, THEY ALL HAVE TO
BE PRINTED IN THE SAME
DIRECTION.
THE LIGHT IS GOING TO BE
REFLECTED ON TO THE BIGGY ANT
MIRROR AND THEN IT WILL BE, THAT
WILL BEAM TOLL THE SECONDARY
MIRROR OF THE TELESCOPE AND
WHICH WILL THEN GO BACK INTO THE
NODE IN THE MIDDLE 6 THE GIANT
MIRROR WHICH HOLDS THE MIRROR
AND FINDS THE MIRROR AND SO,
YES.
IT IS THAT SHAPE THIS YOU SEE
THERE AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEEDS
MAINTAIN THE ENTIRE TIME.
THE POINTING IS DONE WITH OUR
ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM.
OK, GREAT.
THEY ARE POINTED IN THE SAME
DIRECTION.
THANK YOU.
SO MOVING ON WE HAVE A MANUEL ON
TWITTER.
IN CASE IT SHIFTS THE PRIORITY
AND AMBER?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IN SIGHT ON
THAT.
YEAH.
THEN IN FACT THAT SORT OF
FLEXIBILITY ITS BUILT IN AND SO
IN ASTRONOMERS SPEAK THOSE ARE
TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY AND SO
SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE
UNIVERSE AND PAUSE THE
OBSERVATION THEN POINT THE
TELESCOPE IN THAT DIRECTION AND
WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY BUILT
TO THE SCHEDULE TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT SO A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE
SUPERNOVA GUESS OFF.
OR YOU KNOW, SO YOU KNOW, SOME
OTHER EVENT LIKE THAT THAT
HAPPENS SORT QUICKLY SO YES, WE
HAVE THAT CAPABILITY BUILD IN
AND THEN, BE THERE ARE SOME
CONSTRAINTS ON THAT SO YOU CAN
IMAGINE AS THE TELESCOPE ORBITS
AROUND THE SUN THEN AGAIN, WE
SORT OF TALKED ABOUT IT CAN NOT
NEVER LOOK BACK TO THE SUN SO
ONLY SEE PART OF THE SKY AT
ONCE, AND SO, IF IT JUST SO
HAPPENS YOUR OBJECT OF
OPPORTUNITY ON THE WRONG PART
THINK OF SKY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO DO THAT BUT FOR THE MOST
PART, IN GENERAL WE DO HAVE THE
FLEXIBILITY TO SORT OF PAUSE THE
SCHEDULES FOR REACHING THE
OPERATIONS TO OBSERVE THINGS
THAT HAPPENED IN THE UNIVERSE
THAT SORT OF HAPPENED ALL OF THE
SUDDEN.
>> SO STICKING ON KIND OF THESE
SHIFTING IN CASE OF A DISCOVERY,
ROBERT ON FACEBOOK ASKS, FOR
POSSIBLY HABITABLE CONDITIONS
AND I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT WITH THIS SPECIFIC MISSION
AND SO I WANTS TO KNOW HOW WEBB
BE'S COLLECT THIS DATA OF THESE
ATMOSPHERE THEN WHAT KIND OF
THINGS WILL SCIENTISTS BE
LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY.
BUY WATCHING THE PLANET TRANSIT.
THIS IS HOW WE ARE ABLE TO
DISCOVER SO MANY IN OUR GALAXY
BY WATCHING A STAR AND FOR THE
LIGHT TO DIM AND IN A PERIODIC
WAY SO THAT IS HOW WE KNOW THAT
A PLANET IS ORBITING IT AND SEE
IT ON THE SCREEN NOW AND SEE
THAT TINY PLANET CROSSING AND IN
FRONT OF THE STAR AND GET A
SENSE OF HOW HARD THIS IS SO
EVENTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO BE
DOING IS WATCHING THAT PLANET
PASS IN FRONT OF THE STAR AND
THEN WATCHING THE STAR LIGHT
FILTER THROUGH THAT PLANET'S
TINY LITTLE THIN ATMOSPHERE AND
IT IS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT,
VERY DIFFICULT OBSERVATIONS BUT
WE NOW HAVE NEW CAPABILITIES TO
DO THIS AND BETTER THAN HAS EVER
BEEN DONE BEFORE.
I STUDY, I STUDY HOW STARS AND
BLACK HOLES FORM IN DISTANCE
GALAXIES SO THEY ARE FAR FROM MY
OWN PERSONAL RESEARCH, BUT I
THINK THAT SOME OF THE EXOPLANET
SCIENCE THAT IS GOING TO BE THE
MOST OUTSTANDING YOU KNOW,
SURPRISING INCREDIBLE THINGS
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO AND
TURNS OUT THAT INFRARED
TELESCOPE IS PERFECT FOR THESE
OBSERVATIONS BECAUSE SOME OF THE
THINGS IN THESE ATMOSPHERES THAT
WE REALLY CARE A LOT ABOUT
HAPPEN TO FALL IN THE INFRARED
PART OF THE SPECTRUM SO CHEMICAL
SIGNATURES LIKE CARBON DIOXIDE,
METHANE, WATER VAPOR RAILROAD
ALL OF THOSE THAT COULD BE SORT
OF, YOU KNOW, POINTING TOWARD
THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE.
>> WOW.
MAIN, THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
THANKS FOR JUST PAINTING THAT
PICTURE FOR US ABOUT HOW THIS IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
I THINK IT IS SO COOL TO JUST GO
BACK TO THE FACT THAT WEBB IS
MAKING ALL OF THESE OBSERVATIONS
AT A STABLE ORBIT AT THE
LAGRANGE POINT 2 IN SPACE.
SO SCARLIN THIS WHOLE SHOW WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LAGRANGE
POINT 2.
VIZ A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
-- I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT.
THAT?
HOW CAN YOU ORBIT EMPTY POINT IN
SPACE?
>> THE REASON WE CHOSE THAT
LOCATION IS BECAUSE WHILE IT WAS
ALREADY EXPLAINED IN THE VIDEO
WHAT LAGRANGE POINT 2 IS.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE GRAVITATIONAL
PULLS, THE TELESCOPE IS ABLE TO
FLOAT MUCH EASIER IN THAT AND WE
DON'T HAVE TO USE MUCH FUEL TO
MAINTAIN OUR SEVERALS THERE.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY THE GIST OF
IT.
YOU SEE THRILL.
YOU SEE THE TELESCOPE ORBITING
L2.
ORBIT AROUND THE SUN THERE.
THIS IS MORE HALO ORBIT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND SOP WE HAVE OUR NEXT
QUESTION ON FACEBOOK WHO WANTS
TO KNOW WILL JAMES WEBB PROVIDE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE BIG BANG.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT ONE FOR
YOU.
>> SURE.
TO SEE THE FIRST GALAXIES WERE
BORN AFTER THE BIG BANG SO WE
WON'T LOOKING BACK, YOU KNOW, SO
TO SPEAK TO THE WET ON QUOTE
MOMENT OF THE BIG BANG BUT WHAT
WE ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING IS
HOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BIG
BANG GAVE RISE TO THOSE FIRST
GALAXIES THEN THAT IS PART OF
SPACE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE,
SO OF COURSE, WE HAVE SEEN
MAJORS OF THE SORT OF THE GLOW
THE REMNANT OF THE BIG BANG IN
THE CAUSE OF THE BACKGROUND BUT
AT THAT POINT AND TIME, THERE
WERE NONE NO STUFF, RIGHT.
THERE WAS JUST RADIATION THERE
WAS JUST ELEMENTS AND SO WHAT WE
ARE LOOKING FOR IS THE POINT AT
WHICH THAT EARLY HYDROGEN AND
HELIUM THAT SORT OF WHAT WAS THE
COMPONENTS OF THE BIG BANG AND
WHEN THAT HYDROGEN AND HELIUM
FIRST STARTED FORMING THE STARS
AND GALAXIES THE FIRST STUFF IN
THE UNIVERSE AND THE FIRST
OBJECTS THAT WHAT IS WE ARE
LOOKING FOR WITH THAT FORMED
AFTER THE BIG GANG.
AND SO TO GET RIGHT, WE HAVE
NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE, HAVE
THEY?
WE HAVE NEVER LOOKED THAT FAR
BACK.
>> RIGHT.
YEAH.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WITH HUBBLE
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE BACK
PRETTY FAR TO SEIZE DISTANT
GALAX GIVES TO SEE THOSE
GALAXIES AS THEY PRN THE VERY
DISTANCE PATHS SO WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TOLL SEE WITH HUBBLE BUT WE
SORT OF COME UP THE EDGE OF WHAT
HUBBLE CAN DID AND NOT SEE ANY
FURTHER BECAUSE THESE FIRST ARE
NOW IN THE PART THINK OF
SPECTRUM AND EVEN IF WE HAD A
HUGE VISIBLE IN SPACE AND BIGGER
ONE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEES
THE BECAUSE THE LIABILITY IS NOW
IN THE PART AND SO YEAH WE ABLE
TO SEE THAT FIRST THAT IS MORE
DISTANCE THAN WHAT WE ARE ABLE
TO SEE WITH HUBBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
SO WE HAVE A FUN QUESTION FOR
BOTH P YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR.
WILL KICK IT TO YOU AND THEN
HEAR FROM YOU NEXT.
THANKS FOR ME WHAT IS MOST
FASCINATING TO THINK WE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE GO
THROUGH THE GAS AND SPACE WE
WANT AND INFRARED THAT WE DIDN'T
KNOW EXISTED SO FASCINATING TO
ME AND LEARNING ABOUT PLANETS
THAT ARE MADE OF ROCK LIKE US
AND LIKE EARTH THAT COULD HAVE
OXYGEN OR CARBON DIOXIDE.
THAT HELP SUPPORT LIFE THAT IS
INTERESTING.
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
YEAH.
FOR ME.
YEAH.
SORT OF IN A SIMILAR VEIN I MEAN
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE VERY
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WE WANT TO
ANSWER ABOUT THE UNIVERSE RIGHT.
WILL HAVE THE FIRST YEAR OF
PLANS WHERE WE HOPE TO START TO
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND
THINGS LIKE YEAH HOW DID PLANETS
AND STARS FORM AND WHAT IS GOING
WON SOME JOKES IN OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM AND AGAIN ALL THE WAY
BACK TO FINDING THOSE FIRST
GALAXIES SO WE HAD THE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS THAT WENT TO ANSWER
FOR ME AS JOIN INS THE THING I
AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE
DISCOVERIES THAT I KNOW WE WILL
MAKE THAT ARE COMPLETELY LIKE
THERE ARE SURPRISES OUT THERE
AND LURKING ON THE UNIVERSE AND
WE NEVER OF AND I THINK THAT
PROSPECT OF FIND THINGS THAT
SURPRISE US THAT CHANNEL THE
WAIL WE UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE
WHAT IS I AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT
THIS W THIS KELL SCOPE.
WOW THANK YOU BOTH.
I AGREE AND ALSO I KNOW YOU HAVE
DONE WORK WITH BLACK HOLES TO
SEEING WHAT THIS KELL SCOPE
REVEALS ABOUT THOSE IS GOING TO
BE INCREDIBLE.
SO MUCH GREAT SCIENCE TO COME
NOW.
SO I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHO ASKED HOW EXCITED DOES
AEROSPACE ENGINEER GET ABOUT
ASPECTS OF A MISSION LIKE THIS?
>> AND I CAN REPEAT THAT AS WELL
IF YOU NEED.
SUPER EXCITED EVENING TO YOU
CANNOT SEE IT RIGHT NOW.
AND I REMEMBER DURING THE
DEPLOYMENT PHASE.
AND THE SUPER BOWL FOR ME AND
POPPED CHAMPAGNE WHILE I WATTS
IN THE CENTER BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT
IS NOT A GOOD IDEA BUT WHEN I
GOT HOME IT WAS A BIG
CELEBRATION AND REALLY OVER THE
MOON ABOUT HOW AMAZING
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOING UP TO
THIS POINT AND SO EXCITED FOR
THE FUTURE.
NICE.
HOW EXCITED DOES ASTRONOMER GET
FOR THE ASPECT OF THE MISSION
LIKE WEBB WELL, OBVIOUSLY, WE
ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF
COURSE.
ALL OF US
ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS THAT
IS WE DO WORK ALONGSIDE THESE
ENGINEERS THAT BUILD THIS
AWESOME MACHINE THAT IS GOING
TO.
TO BE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS CALM
PUTS AND SEE THE TELL SCOPE
BEING BUILT A FEW YEARS AGO GAVE
ME MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND
BETTER OF JUST HOW WHAT GOES
INTO ENGINEERING TO BUILDING
THESE TYPES OF THINGS THAT IS
INCREDIBLE I THINK THIS IS A
MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY AS HUMANS
THAT WE CAN JUST AS, YOU KNOW,
AS SOCIETY, AS PIECES BE SO
PROUD OF BECAUSE WE BUILT THIS
AMAZING BEAUTIFUL MACHINE AND
THAT IS GOING TO TRANSFORM OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE
AIN'T IS INCREDIBLE.
>> SO WELL PUT.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT ANSWER.
SO SCARLIN.
I HAVE ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP FOR
YOU.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL BUS SECONDARY
MIRROR?
THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE PRIMARY
MIRROR?
>> ANOTHER GOLD MIRROR BE A THE
MIRROR ABOUT 2.40 DIAMETER I
BELIEVE.
>> GOOD QUESTION.
YEAH THANK NUR GLITCH.
SO MOVING ON WE GOT A QUESTION
FROM EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT WHO
WANTS TO KNOW IF THEY FIND OR
IDENTIFY LARGE OBJECTS IN THE
BELT ORAL THE WORK CLOUD.
SO THAT PART OF THE OUT ARE
SOLAR SYSTEM IS SOMETHING WE ARE
PLANNING TO USE TO STUDY OBJECTS
TO LOOK FOR OBJECTS THERE.
SO JEP LIKE SAID THE WHOLE SOLAR
SYSTEM FROM MARS ON OUT IS FAIR
GAME SOL WE ABSOLUTELY WILL BE
LOOKING FOR OBJECTS IN THIS
TELESCOPE.
WOW.
I MEAN, THRILLED FOR WHAT IS TO
COME.
AND THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE THAT
WE HAVE FOR TODAY.
BUT AMBER, SCARLLIN THANK SO YOU
MUCH.
IT WAS GREAT HEAR YOUR INSIGNE
THIS MISSION AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT WAS HONOR TO SHARE WITH
YOU ALL.
THANKS SO MUCH.
THIS HAS BEEN FUN.
SO EXCITING.
>> BIG THANK YOU TO WHO ASKED
TODAY.
MAKE SURE TO STICK WITH US AS
QUARTERBACK SENDS BACK.
CIVILITY GO. GOV WHERE IS WEBB.
THE TEMPERATURE AND THEN ITS
LOCATION IN SPACE.
THE TEAM POSTING LEG REGULAR
UPDATES TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA KIND
THAT INCLUDES TWITTER, FACEBOOK
AND INSTAGRAM.
WE WILL BE BACK TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS LAB ON THIS SHOW ONCE
WEBB RELEASES THE FIRST IMAGES
SO STAY TUNED AND GO WEBB.
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