How Does The James Webb Space Telescope Work? - Smarter Every Day 262

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I greatly appreciate Dr. John Mather's time and patience with me. He did a fantastic job of breaking down the design of the telescope.

Thanks to Travis Wohlrab Engagement Officer, NASA Goddard for the tour of testing equipment.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

NASA's Explore Light and compare visible to Infrared:

Many of the NASA 3D models were created by Goddard's Visualization Studio

JWST Light Path:
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Also, I wanted a cool James Webb Space Telescope shirt, so i commissioned an artist to create this design, which I LOVE.
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Destin

[ChrisRaynorMD]

So excited for this satellite to finally go up. I have been waiting for this for a long time. This is going to greatly advance our study of cosmology.

[suvratarya]

"You're the Man." "I'm one of many." This one won many hearts. So humble. 🙌🙌

[NeroThacher]

The room was filled with so much of Dr. John Mather's charisma and personality and thats why Destin's camera kept overheating

[Babaroga]

" I don't get anxious about stuff I can't deal with" - very wise words from a really amazing person like Dr.Mather, and a beautiful finale for this video! It was a real pleasure to listen to him!

[stochasticsignal]

My lord! Your father taught me about carburetors AND he worked on the JWST?! Thanks for sharing this with us all, Destin.

[cbredesen]

"I don't get anxious about stuff I can't deal with." This is the way.

[sgransar]

"I don't get anxious about stuff I can't deal with". That is serenity.

[PracticeNine]

I love how Dr. Mather just radiates excitement and pride. It's one of the purest emotions I've seen. For me this is one of the greatest things that you can experience as a human being

[degrawjb]

"We think we might see objects out to a redshift of 20 to 30."
"Are you excited about that?"

There was so much enthusiasm in that "yes". I'm so stoked for this telescope and what new things we will see and learn!

[turbochargedbrick]

Of course Destin comes from a family of rocket surgeons. And I thought his dad was just an amazing lawn mower engineer.

[jakerichardson]

'Are you excited about that?'
'Yeeees.'

Man that was precious.

[Romial]

Watching this video on Christmas after the James Webb Space Telescope went into space successfully! SO excited to see what we see with it in about 6 months or so.

[JerryRigEverything]

Super cool video! Thanks for making it. Education is the solution to all the earth's problems.

[keef]

My brother was an engineer who worked on this for about 15 years. His department was responsible for testing the instrumentation that would mitigate the vibration during launch. I’m a machinist and he had me make him a couple of fixtures that held 3 accelerometers on the X, Y, Z planes.
God I hope this thing works 😅

[emanuelvaladez]

His excitement when he says "suppose the universe has got things even further away" says it all, this man is about to complete the work of his life

[MPaia]

I wish I was as well versed in anything in life as this man is about this whole subject matter. What a comfort it is knowing that people like this live amongst us, and what a pleasure it is listening to him explain how this particular telescope will work. Thank you for this video

[digit]

25:44 is life changing advice. Astrophysics and mathematics aside, this is an extremely brilliant man.

[superme]

The look of joy and excitement on Dr Mathers face as he explains things, is like that of a kid explaining to their parents all the cool stuff he learned at Space Camp. 🤣

[Rogar]

Being 79 myself and a retired Industrial ventilation engineer I’ve also learnt the same wisdom; but exceedingly cool to hear that a top scientist does the same! Chapeau to him and his cool interview!

[glasswingbutterfly]

Love how Destin breaks it down for us. "That was a lot, but we can understand it." Such a good encouraging channel for students of every age!