Transporting the James Webb Telescope: How They Moved the World’s Most Valuable Object

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  • This video about the James Webb telescope is supported by Brilliant. Get started with Brilliant for free at brilliant.org/primalspace/ and the first 200 users will get 20% off an annual premium subscription.
    The James Webb telescope is an incredible piece of engineering that took many years and billions of dollars to make, but how did NASA transport such a delicate and valuable machine across the world? In this video we look at the different journeys that the James Webb telescope went through before it even left the ground.
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    00:00 How They Moved the World’s Most Valuable Object
    00:32 Complications with the James Webb Telescope
    01:20 How Nasa Packaged the James Webb Telescope
    01:34 STTARS Space Telescope Transporter
    02:26 The Making of the James Webb Telescope's Mirror
    04:03 Transporting the James Webb Telescope
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  • @primalspace
    @primalspace  ปีที่แล้ว +193

    Who’s excited to see Webb’s first images? - Shoutout to Brilliant for making this vid possible, check them out here! brilliant.org/primalspace/

    • @nonstopdude1211
      @nonstopdude1211 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ive seen them a coupple weeks ago.. also your next video could be about the ''micro'' meteor impact that happened not too long ago to one of webbs mirrors. the telescope is still okay but the image quality will be a bit more blurry. over all this is a really informational video and i like it a lot. keep up your content because im not missing A video that you make :D

    • @clarkkentmalabanan5626
      @clarkkentmalabanan5626 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      why not launch at Florida?

    • @christacker5098
      @christacker5098 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nonstopdude1211 The micro meteor doesn't make any noteworthy damage at the JWST! Dont make Fakenews about the image quality. Nasa has announced that it is NOT affected.

    • @danbam465
      @danbam465 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      we give Israel 5 telescopes a year

    • @sharadbade21
      @sharadbade21 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are basically ripping off nasa videos and presenting them with your own voice and someone else's music? Get a life.

  • @topherlions714
    @topherlions714 ปีที่แล้ว +2401

    I recently relocated and had to move an all tempered glass PC. I thought that was stressful lol

    • @CarlosSD
      @CarlosSD ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😆😆

    • @Simon-jv9bm
      @Simon-jv9bm ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dang that’s quite a feat!

    • @EmazingGuitar
      @EmazingGuitar ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Not that hard

    • @TobiasDettinger
      @TobiasDettinger ปีที่แล้ว

      on a stone floor? Nice.

    • @awesomeman116a
      @awesomeman116a ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@EmazingGuitar super hard actually

  • @derek7737
    @derek7737 ปีที่แล้ว +3453

    I can not imagine how stressful that driver of the truck must have been having an 10 billion dollar telescope in your hands.

    • @TKOfromJohn
      @TKOfromJohn ปีที่แล้ว +21

      10*

    • @Caedan
      @Caedan ปีที่แล้ว +216

      I wonder if they had insurance on it lmao

    • @SadWatermelon
      @SadWatermelon ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@Caedan I was just thinking about that too lol

    • @techboss202
      @techboss202 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      @@Caedan It’s called the American Tax payers 😂

    • @ToastWithAGun
      @ToastWithAGun ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Sorry but it's 10 billion dollars

  • @SD-ef4qp
    @SD-ef4qp ปีที่แล้ว +354

    We cannot ignore the contribution of truck driver in its success. The feeling he must be having after seeing those images

    • @PepekBezlepek
      @PepekBezlepek ปีที่แล้ว +15

      yeah, it's mindblowing that one truck driver can tell everyone he drove the telescope taking these pictures ♥

  • @ShawnTheDriver
    @ShawnTheDriver ปีที่แล้ว +900

    Makes me so proud to be a trucker…like I tell people. Every single thing you will ever possibly use ever, will be transported by a truck at some point in its life…even things you personally won’t use, like a massive freaking space telescope.

    • @mrvlacp
      @mrvlacp ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Bro I personally use a massive freaking space telescope

    • @lovelaugh7299
      @lovelaugh7299 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@mrvlacp yh i just ordered mine on wish

    • @porcuspine2368
      @porcuspine2368 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Thank you for keeping the country running

    • @dombag
      @dombag ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Mad respect for all truckers - y’all literally carrying the economy on your backs and it’s not talked about enough 🙌🏽

    • @ohhkennny766
      @ohhkennny766 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yep everything in the world is shipped by trucks, planes and boats and rarely even drones are being put to use lol

  • @TheJttv
    @TheJttv ปีที่แล้ว +1250

    Small thing, but route scouting would likely have been done by driving the route several times. Likely with a pole car at some point. Satellites and google street view miss a lot of low cables and things.

    • @arm-np8us
      @arm-np8us ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Actually they did that too

    • @DomsYouTube
      @DomsYouTube ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They could probably just take new satellite images

    • @mn20blue
      @mn20blue ปีที่แล้ว

      @E Van lol

    • @reduced2ash
      @reduced2ash ปีที่แล้ว

      eh, the US military has spy satellites nowadays, can see the route in real-time

    • @grantm6514
      @grantm6514 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "Jones, HOW could you not notice that this bridge is too low for us to get under??"
      Jones: "Well in the photos there was a cloud right over this part of the route.."

  • @JD4-70
    @JD4-70 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    If I knew all I had to do was build, a multi billion pound space telescope just to get the local pot holes filled, I would’ve done it ages ago.

    • @shk_huz
      @shk_huz ปีที่แล้ว +7

      comment of the month

    • @HomoErectusOnUranus
      @HomoErectusOnUranus ปีที่แล้ว

      lmfao

    • @ARUSApacecarHAMPTON
      @ARUSApacecarHAMPTON ปีที่แล้ว +4

      See NASA did something useful on earth. Pothole fixed 😊

    • @Humulator
      @Humulator ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What you actually have to do is get walkable cities.

  • @joelvanwinkle5976
    @joelvanwinkle5976 ปีที่แล้ว +1756

    Imagine how stressful it must’ve been for the truck driver hauling the telescope. This wasn’t glassware or action figures this was an extremely delicate space telescope. (Wow 1.3k likes already, thanks)

    • @carso1500
      @carso1500 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      It's only the most expensive object in the world, no pressure

    • @M4V3RiCkU235
      @M4V3RiCkU235 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      That telescope is the best technology our civilization has! Yeah, no pressure for the driver - when he knows that somehow the future of our species is in his hands. And feet. Personally, if I was NASA, I assure that driver after successfully completing this task - will retire with a good pension and no worries after.

    • @tomorowsnobodys
      @tomorowsnobodys ปีที่แล้ว +69

      It’s not really that delicate i mean it rode a rocket to space, not exactly a soft ride.

    • @collinscody57
      @collinscody57 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      If your worried about hauling something like that your not qualified to haul it and you don't it just that simple. The truckers who do things like that are the best of the best and wouldn't try it unless they knew it would be successful.

    • @prakhar6852
      @prakhar6852 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@carso1500 naah the most expensive thing that human has ever made is the International space station

  • @DomsYouTube
    @DomsYouTube ปีที่แล้ว +684

    Imagine the level trust you must have to let one single person drive the truck that is towing the telescope

    • @mrxmry3264
      @mrxmry3264 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      when it comes to transporting something that big or heavy, a single driver could not have done it. there must have been an army of route planners, road crews (to get traffic lights, signs and power lines out of the way) and spotters in addition to the driver to pull this transport off without damage.

    • @Outland9000
      @Outland9000 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Dude is called George... Been hauling the most critical NASA stuff for years. But yes, he's part of a big team

    • @DubsnSubsSessions
      @DubsnSubsSessions ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's probably safer than letting 2 people drive it...

    • @hootymcowlface5161
      @hootymcowlface5161 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@DubsnSubsSessions Why? One takes the pedals, the other one the steering. lol

    • @christophresmerowski1824
      @christophresmerowski1824 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You need someone to explain INSURANCE to you.

  • @jemaradrao740
    @jemaradrao740 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    employer: what's your truck driving experience?
    driver: i drove the james webb telescope.
    employer: you're over-qualified

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek ปีที่แล้ว

      That got a genuine LOL from me, thanks! :)

  • @mdsr640
    @mdsr640 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    The amount research involved is beyond amazing. Scientists are the real superstar of human civilization.

    • @Kelvinpierre99
      @Kelvinpierre99 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No, engineers still are.

    • @s.k.9774
      @s.k.9774 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kelvinpierre99 nah its african american rappers, they went from being farming equipment in slavery, to becoming millionares and role models for children.

    • @AnimeLover-hg4sg
      @AnimeLover-hg4sg ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Kelvinpierre99 wait who came first scientist or engineer?

    • @biggibbs4678
      @biggibbs4678 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AnimeLover-hg4sg technological advances predates the scientific method

    • @AnimeLover-hg4sg
      @AnimeLover-hg4sg ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@biggibbs4678 how can technology exist without science?

  • @RonTon89
    @RonTon89 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I currently work at the NJ facility that coated the mirrors with the gold coating. I didn't personally do it, but I work with those who did. It's pretty cool knowing that.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      Ronny S I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

    • @FlatEarthKiller
      @FlatEarthKiller ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@flat-eartherno shut up.

    • @dumbguy2y463
      @dumbguy2y463 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I live across the street from the Northrop Grumman facility that shipped the telescope. Idk how I missed it lol 😂

  • @dmurray2978
    @dmurray2978 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Grain of space sand teleports thru you at 40km/second
    "Nothin personal kid"

    • @Penultimeat
      @Penultimeat ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know Webb has already been hit by micrometeors, but I think it’s okay?

    • @MrMegaMetroid
      @MrMegaMetroid ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Penultimeat its okay, it was designed for that, and they expected impacts. It has been hit several times by the time it made the news, its just sites clickbaiting the hell out of us because they know we have been waiting for years to see it launch.
      There was nothing news worthy about it, its just a neat piece of trivia. The telescope is fine and fully operational. It will be hit alot of times in its life cycle, nasa predicted that and designed it to be able to compensate for it

  • @macebobkasson1629
    @macebobkasson1629 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    Some of the best space content out there! Thanks primal!

  • @777dnangel
    @777dnangel ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This is just breathtaking. Collaboration really can move us forward. Kudos to the men and women behind the project!

  • @CerealKiller669
    @CerealKiller669 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I like how much effort time and money went into this but everyone working on it also knew " it'd be a miracle if it actually gets there" lol crazy but well done, very well done.

    • @slinkeyj3
      @slinkeyj3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yuuuup. Working in the space industry, even if your project is a "Class A" (top level projects, such as the Webb), there is always a chance that it may get cancelled, even after years of work, and tons of money invested. You just have to ignore that possibility, and always work as if it is going to be launched into space.

  • @randydewees7338
    @randydewees7338 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    The stuff that is mined isn't beryllium "powder", it's beryllium "ore". There are a couple main kinds. The ore isn't "purified", the ore is beryllium metal that is chemically bound into various minerals, and the beryllium metal has to be extracted from the ore by complicated chemical and thermal processing. The metal may then be further processed for a particular end product, I would think the beryllium used in the JWT is highly pure.

    • @o.v4069
      @o.v4069 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No shit

    • @neon9165
      @neon9165 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "I would think the beryllium used in the JWT is highly pure." So... they Purified it?

    • @PvtParts-yk6dw
      @PvtParts-yk6dw ปีที่แล้ว +5

      captain fuckin obvious

    • @artisticyeti22
      @artisticyeti22 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@neon9165 😂😂

  • @RobbieBeswick
    @RobbieBeswick ปีที่แล้ว +15

    the only word that comes to mind after watching this video is wow..
    i can't wait for the future of space exploration and new discoveries

  • @The_Pariah
    @The_Pariah ปีที่แล้ว +82

    When this video was done, I stretched out and then looked at them time.
    That video was only 8 minutes long?!?!
    I felt like I was sitting here for a half an hour.
    But not in a bad way like I was bored.
    Instead, it was like the creators of this crammed a 30 minute video into 8 minutes.
    I learned SO FREAKING MUCH in that short time span.
    10/10 video. Well done. Upvoting is pretty much obligatory at this point.

  • @knightimer2
    @knightimer2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Incredible. I had no idea it was this complex and meticulous.
    What an enormous accomplishment for mankind.

  • @walter4708
    @walter4708 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    how much my young mind loves to learn and so do this telescope, I knew people put their souls and heart into making this project a success, but i didn't know how MUCH they have put. gotta respect the thousands of people who worked for this✋✋

  • @husamuddinchittalwala2719
    @husamuddinchittalwala2719 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Extraordinary video!!! Btw... Would love a video on the mechazilla chopsticks that catch the starship, especially on the pulley and rail system it uses to move up and down the tower

  • @Luke..luke..luke..
    @Luke..luke..luke.. ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Always love these videos. Thank you. 🙏

  • @CerealKiller669
    @CerealKiller669 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the truck driver must've felt like the main protagonist and we are just in his movie lol

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      NOODLES_ I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

  • @social.2184
    @social.2184 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My respect for NASA increased by million folds after watching this video.

    • @lylejohnston4125
      @lylejohnston4125 ปีที่แล้ว

      And it's already broken.

    • @user-rr5ce1wb2j
      @user-rr5ce1wb2j ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lylejohnston4125 It isn't broken, its damaged, and they expected this to happen. It is still fully functional.

    • @Supernov4
      @Supernov4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lylejohnston4125 Like a small scratch on camera lens, you won't even notice it in the pictures. And in the few lighting conditions that would show can be corrected afterwards. Virtually no difference.

    • @TheCameltotem
      @TheCameltotem ปีที่แล้ว

      Why? This was probably the easiest part of all.

  • @clarkgriswold-zr5sb
    @clarkgriswold-zr5sb ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Nice, but you missed the stop in Houston at the Johnson Space Center. I saw it late one evening being routed around the back streets in the Clear Lake area. I wondered what kind of item would warrant a convoy of vehicles and at night. Asked a friend who would know of such things, and he confirmed that it was what I suspected. It was intended to be a quiet visit to JSC for thermal vacuum chamber testing.

    • @puppy3908
      @puppy3908 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shoulda tried to put a finger print on it

    • @scifegaming3039
      @scifegaming3039 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@puppy3908 no then it would have delayed the launch it will go over budget again

  • @f1recharge854
    @f1recharge854 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Truly breathtaking journey

  • @bobboberson2024
    @bobboberson2024 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simply incredible. What a piece of engineering. And a NEW word was created - "segaments." Amazing!

  • @timmcdaniel6193
    @timmcdaniel6193 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For anyone who notices signs, the video of the container transport is utterly bewildering. It's like when you know the city shown in a movie and realize that the actors just teleported 30 miles during a sentence. It's because a lot wasn't mentioned. And the video is out of order, and it shows parts he wasn't describing.
    The container was developed at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. That's why 4:36 and 5:24 show it between DC and Annapolis. 5:26: Summers Trucking from PA has been doing NASA's trucking for 15 years (they have a video on this on their company page). A NASA page says it was trucked from Goddard to JB Andrews and flown on a C-5 to Houston to be checked out at Johnson, which is why 4:34 shows Texas-style horizontal traffic lights and Middlebrook Dr (presumably the one in Houston). After that, it was flown to somewhere near LA and then to Redondo Beach, which is probably why 4:41 has "Entering Pasadena" when it's 25 miles out of the path between Redondo Beach and Seal Beach. Then all the stuff the video said. Interesting that Summers Trucking got to drive it in French Guyana too.

    • @mrxmry3264
      @mrxmry3264 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "and realize that the actors just teleported 30 miles during a sentence"
      reminds me of national treasure 2. there is a car chase scene in london. i know london well enough to immediately realize that they jumped all over the place. it all starts at buckingham palace, and before long they are in the city of london (several miles east), heading back towards buckingham palace.

    • @timmcdaniel6193
      @timmcdaniel6193 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrxmry3264 C.f. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" when I lived near D.C. And I'm sure there are thousands of other examples. The problem is that they use local famous places to establish a feeling of being there, without regard for actual usage.

  • @lain11644
    @lain11644 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Jeez, imagine being the driver of that truck with $10B on your back.

    • @techdefined9420
      @techdefined9420 ปีที่แล้ว

      The most expensive payload in history. Imagine he stress for the rocket team. They could have reduced this thing to small pieces if the Ariane 5 failed.

    • @mrxmry3264
      @mrxmry3264 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the most expensive thing i ever transported (on a forklift) was a jet engine worth 10 million. and it wasn't even a big one, maybe a meter and a half in diameter.

    • @klipklapklop3359
      @klipklapklop3359 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      dude was using a walkie talkie with one hand and steering with another while looking like its just another day on the job 5:32

    • @user-ko1hi1fy9z
      @user-ko1hi1fy9z ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@klipklapklop3359 What a legendary man.

  • @ClydeYouTuber
    @ClydeYouTuber ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, I was entertained the entire way through.

  • @junaic
    @junaic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent Vidoe with Full detail 🖤

  • @cinderclawz
    @cinderclawz ปีที่แล้ว +68

    This has to be the most expensive thing ever hauled by a single truck.

    • @collinscody57
      @collinscody57 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nope that was little boy the first atomic bomb it cost ruffly twice as much as the JWST

    • @simonrano8072
      @simonrano8072 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@collinscody57 you are confusing the program cost with the prototype cost.
      The JWST is a one off telescope that was built using existing infrastructures and special tools that may not be used again to make a second one.
      The Manhattan project was 25 Billions but including the building of plutonium production facilities and all the research labs that have been use for every bombs designed and produced at that time and years after.
      It would have been true if the story of nuclear weapons stopped right there. You have to at least spread the costs between the 4 Fat Man bombs (trinity, Nagazaki, 2x Cross Roads) and the Little Boy which needed much less R&D costs as the design was simple. SO basically each bomb costs 7 Billions at most with your logic, non considering reusable hardware (centriguation plants, plutonium reactors, labs...).
      In case of the JWST most of the R&D budget and spare hardwae won't be kept as assets because the next gen telescope of that type will push things much further again, requiring all knew techs again.

    • @collinscody57
      @collinscody57 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@simonrano8072 your talking about its manufacturing cost not its value. It was never sold and I can GUARANTEE you that if the US had sold it they could have made alot more than the 7 billion inflation adjusted dollar you think it's worth.

    • @simonrano8072
      @simonrano8072 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@collinscody57 and you are takling about the value of the use of the object. In this case I could say Little Boy was useless because they had to drop a second bomb to stop the war.
      you are also confusing selling the technology to selling the product. Purchasing a 7 billion bomb is a bad move as such one piece fail you have nothing.
      To add to the topic 5 copies of Little Boy where made.
      The one that detonated had a lot of value regarding history timeline but at the moment they left it the only car taken was to ignite it, in case of failure they had spare ones...

    • @collinscody57
      @collinscody57 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@simonrano8072 No I am talking about the bomb its self being worth in excess of a 10 billion at the time if sold the technology is basically worthless at the time as no country had the time or security to actually build one themselves to end the war. As for the second bombing that was because Russia was invading Japan's Northern islands and the US wanted the islands for themselves. As for the other 5 they built its like owning a Picasso sure a forger can make it look 99.999% the same doesn't make it worth the same

  • @chaosfire321
    @chaosfire321 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good grief, I never heard about this part of the telescope's delivery. Fucking insane and awesome at the same time.

  • @everlastinggobstopper4569
    @everlastinggobstopper4569 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    See the incredible things people can do when working together!
    BRAVO!

    • @bane2201
      @bane2201 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flat-earther Yeah, it's closer to an oblate spheroid with some bumps and valleys.
      What's your point? That commenter never mentioned anything about the shape of Earth.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bane2201 Come on I'm just suggesting, it's a random comment to you. See link to it in my about tab. I suggest watch it first before criticizing.

    • @FlatEarthKiller
      @FlatEarthKiller ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flat-eartherno. His video is science illiterate. Science means knowledge in latin.

  • @paranoidandroid1997
    @paranoidandroid1997 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stunning video. Thank you.

  • @NoNameAtAll2
    @NoNameAtAll2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    how were mirror pieces transported between those locations?

  • @tagosadilim
    @tagosadilim ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such an amazing feat of human engineering and collaboration. Mabuhay!

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      tagosadilim I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

  • @swoondrones
    @swoondrones ปีที่แล้ว

    I was hoping for more details. Crazy amazing, of course.

  • @81silvermj
    @81silvermj ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Such an extraordinary effort. They know there’s more out there. More than just ice on a planet. Somewhere far. We just can’t see it.

  • @DavidMcCoul
    @DavidMcCoul ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Humankind’s most advanced space instrument, transported in the most meticulous way imaginable to the launch site

  • @jackallread
    @jackallread ปีที่แล้ว

    Great documentary, thanks!!

  • @erideimos1207
    @erideimos1207 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Absolutely outstanding! Incredible research, expertly presented. This was the Gold Standard to which all YTers should aspire. Great topic, learned a ton, thanks!

  • @meh23p
    @meh23p ปีที่แล้ว

    I just realized this video came out before the first Webb images were released! I trust they did not disappoint!

  • @jfkno12
    @jfkno12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video! Thanks for the very useful information. Any specific reason they had to ship it from French Guiana? Why couldn't they send it space from the US? The logistics of handling this would have costed very much and also put a lot of stress on people...

    • @collinscody57
      @collinscody57 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      When you launch closer to the equator you get a speed boost from the earth's rotation mean you need less fuel or you can lift more wieght. Also the Europeans paid for and built the rocket as there part of it.

    • @lo2.220
      @lo2.220 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And Ariane 5 is known to be one of the safest rocket in the world.

    • @astree214
      @astree214 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As far as I know, when the rocket was choosen, it was the only one (in western countries) able to launch such a big thing
      And going to Florida would have nearly been as far away in kms, but much further north

    • @tractorsold1
      @tractorsold1 ปีที่แล้ว

      And the Europeans paid for the Ariane 5, as part of thier contribution.

  • @fashionablylate9045
    @fashionablylate9045 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If the equipment is so sensitive how did they launch it into space? Wouldn't the vibrations of launch be too much?

    • @Granolora
      @Granolora 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's sensitive as in even a few particles of dust would ruin the polished surface, the material itself is rather strong.

  • @hertogyarno746
    @hertogyarno746 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video man, thanks!

  • @DavidMcCoul
    @DavidMcCoul ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:44 Driver’s elbow casually out the window as if to say “No big deal, folks!”

  • @MyHiDef
    @MyHiDef ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The trucking company is from Ephrata Pennsylvania. Family owned company. The company has been moving stuff for NASA for years 👍.

  • @SpectreNight
    @SpectreNight ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wonder how many people physically aged 10-70 years from stress during the entire moving process. I imagine after the truck driver finished their part, someone else opened the cab to find a pile of dust.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      Schrödinger I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

  • @TheRandompaint
    @TheRandompaint ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shout-out to that driver, I can't imagine how nerve racking that is.

  • @SpaceflightRocketShorts
    @SpaceflightRocketShorts ปีที่แล้ว +2

    dang never really thought of this, thanks!

  • @Thomas-vm1jy
    @Thomas-vm1jy ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He calling my insurance company after telling them I hit a 10 billion dollar telescope

  • @brianhiles8164
    @brianhiles8164 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The individual mirror segments were fabricated from beryllium certainly because of low weight, but primarily because it has superlative low thermal expansion. The mast-mounted _Long Bow_ radar added to select _Apache_ military helicopters was (agonizingly!) fabricated from beryllium as well for its additional mechanical property of vibration resistance.
    The truck drove at approximately 8 km/hr not because the STTARS rig was heavy (or unaerodynamic!), but because of vibration mitigation.
    You should have investigated the matter of how much insurance is necessary to transport a $10 billion space telescope those number of miles on the road and sea. Now _that_ would have a fun fact!

    • @PapaLurts
      @PapaLurts ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd be interested in what insurance company even dares to insure a $10B telescope for transport

    • @astree214
      @astree214 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PapaLurts 100% agree. It would be crazy, or stupid, for Nasa Esa or any insurance company to just think about putting an insurance on that.
      I don't know in the USwith Nasa, but in Europe, ESA is its own insurance company (yes, "IS" ,not "has").

  • @4TwEnti-
    @4TwEnti- ปีที่แล้ว

    Thx for the Video !

  • @bruhbroseph
    @bruhbroseph ปีที่แล้ว

    That was nice, Bravo.

  • @137akash
    @137akash ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I still doubt somebody might have dropped one or the equipment in the telescope and it is working perfectly out there and that guy must have felt great relief now... Lol

    • @matetocol368
      @matetocol368 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Imagine the night before transporting the telescope, the the guy thinking "man I know I left that screw kind of loose, should I go and tell everybody?"

  • @okoyeemmanuelemeka7648
    @okoyeemmanuelemeka7648 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine the type of pressure that driver would have handling a 10billion dollar project

    • @Granolora
      @Granolora 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      According to other comments, the driver has worked with nasa, hauling their equipment, for a long time, so he is probably somewhat used to the pressure by now.

  • @kevinbaird7277
    @kevinbaird7277 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looking at the overhead signs we see the footage of the convoy being led to the port the signs say Washington DC and Annapolis, must be library footage.

  • @LSF17
    @LSF17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh how I love this channel

  • @Charles-7
    @Charles-7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    it's a good thing they keep it's sea route a secret until it's safely at the Guiana Space Center with ariane 5, cause if modern day pirates knows of the telescope it'll be a nightmare for everyone who worked/followed it.

    • @2o4II112II26o2
      @2o4II112II26o2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ..kept it's sea route a secret.......you mean to say

    • @Charles-7
      @Charles-7 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@2o4II112II26o2 oh yeah i meant to say that.

  • @sonny12681
    @sonny12681 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Would it be awesome if there was a telescope manufacturer that manufactured miniature James Webb telescopes for home use.

    • @SnoopyDoofie
      @SnoopyDoofie ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Instead of $10 billion, you get it at a discount of $10 million.

    • @pedropedrohan102
      @pedropedrohan102 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SnoopyDoofie nasa should have just bought 100 these

    • @Penultimeat
      @Penultimeat ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I’m fascinated by the fact that you think it could work like that.

    • @aliensinnoh1
      @aliensinnoh1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even the real Webb would work on the ground. It has to be nearly at absolute zero, and all the infrared radiation from everything on Earth and the air itself would drown out anything from space.

  • @759Alexander
    @759Alexander ปีที่แล้ว

    Miraclous, Magestic WORK,

  • @edwardfrench6
    @edwardfrench6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this was amazing!

  • @thatguy7595
    @thatguy7595 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No mention of the precautions taken to avoid any trouble on the sea?

  • @mohsinali3342
    @mohsinali3342 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Salute to NASA

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely!

  • @swoondrones
    @swoondrones ปีที่แล้ว

    Worth every cent.

  • @austinskylines
    @austinskylines ปีที่แล้ว

    cant wait to see the first photos in a few days

  • @oustoure5209
    @oustoure5209 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    call me ignorant, but why are we surprised they made a "strong" shipping container for something that was meant to withstand takeoff? amazing video nonetheless

    • @itainteasy
      @itainteasy ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The telescope itself doesn't "takeoff". the telescope goes inside the rocket which is also a "strong" shipping container. the rocket is meant to withstand takeoff, the telescope is just built to withstand deployment and it's orbit around the sun.

    • @oustoure5209
      @oustoure5209 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly so why are you so shocked that they had to create a shipping container to travel across country when exiting earths orbit is 10x more dangerous and rough

    • @itainteasy
      @itainteasy ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@oustoure5209 there is no shock, the shipping container wasn't for the rocket... it was for the telescope that is protected inside the rocket on launch. Until it's in the rocket it needs something equivalent to protect it.

  • @EMCF_
    @EMCF_ ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The most surprising part of this is that Alabama actually produces something useful.

  • @dragonprincess2925
    @dragonprincess2925 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The way they are transporting it makes me think of something I passed (in Florida). No idea what they were transporting but lots of cop cars guarding the truck and giving it space. It was super long. I now think it was a rocket/satellite they were transporting. Made the bezare experience cooler in memory.

  • @bungietwab4868
    @bungietwab4868 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a cool presentation! Thank you.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      Bungie TWAB I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

  • @arwo1143
    @arwo1143 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Plot holes had to be filled and the container had to stay perfectly level
    …why?
    You’re afraid to shake it a bit BEFORE you strap it onto a rocket and yeet it into space?

    • @MaxVax-dh7rh
      @MaxVax-dh7rh ปีที่แล้ว

      Right? Also if the Mirrors need to be that Perfect. What is Protecting them in Space? there is a lot of little stuff flying out there.
      I say it was a 10 Billion Money Laundry hoax.

    • @WadaZable
      @WadaZable ปีที่แล้ว

      Min maxing noob

    • @Vel_In_Love
      @Vel_In_Love ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is there any pot holes in space?

    • @advancedmicrosystems4658
      @advancedmicrosystems4658 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its most likely to not damage the container which is air-tight.

  • @gmaildinozz
    @gmaildinozz ปีที่แล้ว +7

    95% video "how nasa built Webb" + sponsor. The last 5% "ho yeah he also did 40km by truck and took the boat, fu". :'-D

  • @hafizurmahdi5284
    @hafizurmahdi5284 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Truly Incredible

  • @katchaontheflipside
    @katchaontheflipside 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wouldve loved to see the journey in french guyana and placing on top of the Ariane rocket aswell!

  • @ronvavra
    @ronvavra ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did anyone ever stop to think that it might have been easier to create a facility near the location that it would end up?

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      Duke Of Hesse I suggest watch _What on earth happened_ 13 parts by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

    • @ronvavra
      @ronvavra ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@flat-earther Not sure what you are getting at.

    • @srinitaaigaura
      @srinitaaigaura ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@ronvavra His brain waves are flat. 😂

  • @PeterKocic
    @PeterKocic ปีที่แล้ว +3

    100 specs of dust, still not clean enough if you ask Mum.

  • @reldrago
    @reldrago ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Here after that miraculous shot that became a viral tweet. Honestly so damn fascinating and makes me love space even more

    • @EMichaelBall
      @EMichaelBall 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Which one? The Conrad “Holy Shot”? Not sure how you found this from that, though; I’m curious to know.

  • @lawrencemaweu
    @lawrencemaweu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, this is just incredible

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So glad you agree!

  • @slashmaster2
    @slashmaster2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm confused. They're worried about little potholes and keeping it level as possible the whole time when they send it up in a rocket which surely severely rattles it?

    • @techdefined9420
      @techdefined9420 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Different loads. Driving was horizontally, flying in the rocket vertically. The carbon fiber frame of JWST was made to withstand vertical loads.

    • @IronHexacyanoferrate
      @IronHexacyanoferrate ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@techdefined9420 besides, there are stresses that can be controlled, such as the potholes, and ones that can’t, like the rocket launch. If you can control it, it’s better to do so, no reason to subject it to unnecessary stress.
      A somewhat good analogy to life.

    • @mohit_50
      @mohit_50 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@IronHexacyanoferrate Damn bro that's almost as deep as the potholes in my country's roads.

  • @phivpap8632
    @phivpap8632 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1:51 “This container was so clean that no more than one hundred particles, much smaller than the width of human hair, could be present inside the container.”.
    I somehow doubt that…

    • @Misterfloflomovievideo
      @Misterfloflomovievideo ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There is some standards to determine the level of cleanliness of a room. With an ISO 1 room (the cleanest), 100 is maybe a bit too low but it is definitely in this order of magnitude. The standard tells about 10 veryyyyyyy small particle by cubic meter.
      That is if the container is ISO1, which is probably very hard to obtain even with a permanent room

    • @phivpap8632
      @phivpap8632 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Misterfloflomovievideo Yeah you're right. Highly unlikely (most likely impossible) that they manage to clean a huge movable container with a gigantic telescope inside so well.

    • @MrMegaMetroid
      @MrMegaMetroid ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@phivpap8632 the clean room was assembled inside another clean room, with all parts being individually inspected beforehand. Its not impossible in the slightest, it wouldnt even be the first time someone had done that

    • @phivpap8632
      @phivpap8632 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrMegaMetroid well it depends on what you mean by "particle" I guess

    • @MrMegaMetroid
      @MrMegaMetroid ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@phivpap8632 are we gonna be a smartass and count the particles the observatory is made off or am i gonna actually learn something about clean rooms in your next reply

  • @yzzxxvv
    @yzzxxvv 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing

  • @michaelsummerell8618
    @michaelsummerell8618 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's amazing what humanity can achieve when it puts it mind to it.
    Sadly, it rarely does. Let alone put it's mind to the right things...

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael Summarell I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

  • @FritzAdler
    @FritzAdler ปีที่แล้ว +13

    There’s a massive difference between value and price, especially in this case. You can throw all the money in the world at something, but it will never make it valuable.

    • @nytro8027
      @nytro8027 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      are you implying that the Webb telescope is not valuable

    • @NineteenEighty8
      @NineteenEighty8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@nytro8027 hardly even worth its weight in scrap metal.

    • @nytro8027
      @nytro8027 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NineteenEighty8 i'd love to hear your reasoning behind this

    • @NineteenEighty8
      @NineteenEighty8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@nytro8027 just because they spent $10b doesn't mean it's worth ten billion.

    • @itainteasy
      @itainteasy ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@nytro8027 There's a massive difference between inferring and implying, especially in this case. You can throw all the inference in the world at something, but it will never mean it has been implied.

  • @almafuertegmailcom
    @almafuertegmailcom ปีที่แล้ว +20

    An important distinction is that none of this was necessary. The entire telescope could've been built at a single location, and launched nearby. The rest is zip-code contracting, namely you can only get Congress to shell out money for a project like this if the senators that sign out the money get something back to their states. So space gets turned into a jobs program.

    • @brettvv7475
      @brettvv7475 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that really relevant to this video though?

    • @catlee8064
      @catlee8064 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@brettvv7475 yes it is. It gives an insight into the thinking behind the politics behind this amazing sat.

    • @brettvv7475
      @brettvv7475 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@catlee8064 But this video is describing the logistics. What does politics have to do with that?

    • @almafuertegmailcom
      @almafuertegmailcom ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@brettvv7475 I'd say it is. The video implies that those were actual engineering necessities, and that the complexity of the telescope required such activities. That is not the case.

    • @catlee8064
      @catlee8064 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@brettvv7475 the logistics yes...because moving the mirror 19 times round the country is also politics.

  • @milkytoast5454
    @milkytoast5454 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm just picturing myself driving that truck and I would probably be shaking like a lot.

  • @KiranKumarAshok
    @KiranKumarAshok ปีที่แล้ว

    Humans are really curious about the space , so much effort went into this

  • @hollahop1174
    @hollahop1174 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    crazy how people wants to explore new planet and solar system..while the earth is dying because of climate change .it should invest in keeping the earth alive than wasting money sending object to outer space..

    • @NineteenEighty8
      @NineteenEighty8 ปีที่แล้ว

      70% of our ocean is unexplored lol. nasa is just a way for our government to milk money form taxes and pocket leftover money not spent.

  • @francesbernard2445
    @francesbernard2445 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing.

  • @manjusarma2286
    @manjusarma2286 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loving your Videos

    • @Galaxyca
      @Galaxyca ปีที่แล้ว

      Who doesn’t

  • @vasiovasio
    @vasiovasio ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Remarkable Engineering!

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      Radoslav Ivanov I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

  • @Jay_Flippen
    @Jay_Flippen ปีที่แล้ว

    2:32 You should also check out the speed of sound in beryllium compared to other elements.

  • @manuelteixeira2496
    @manuelteixeira2496 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    with planning, intense labor, and loving care...

  • @anth0r
    @anth0r ปีที่แล้ว

    That trucking company made bannnnnnk. Sick how the video shows the actual truck and name. That’s what’s up. Mad props

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      anth0r I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

  • @Ram_kaza
    @Ram_kaza ปีที่แล้ว

    primal space 💙

  • @vistabuntuu
    @vistabuntuu ปีที่แล้ว

    Unfortunate sound problem in this video 🙁 But hey, Beau is back!

  • @RAPTOR-zo7gt
    @RAPTOR-zo7gt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this guy deserves more subs and views

    • @xvhkgreen6297
      @xvhkgreen6297 ปีที่แล้ว

      no. .666ft per mile squared = Curvature rate of earth
      66,600mph = Earth going around sun
      1666 = Year gravity was invented (666 newtons)
      66.6° latitude = North and south arctic circles
      6x6x60 = Diameter of the moon
      6x6x6 = Surface temperature of uranus
      4.666km/s = Plutos orbital velocity
      666 = Speed of sound in knots
      600 x 6 x 6 = earth circumference in nautical miles
      1.666 AU = Distance from mars to sun
      1,426,666,422km = Saturn orbital distance
      666 times brighter, the sun is than venus
      666 days. Longest time a female astronaut has been in space
      That's a lot of coincidences.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      RAPTOR3270 I suggest watch _What on earth happened_ 13 parts by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

  • @RCPhotosVideos
    @RCPhotosVideos ปีที่แล้ว

    I was lucky enough to see the JWST when it made a stop in Houston at Johnson Space Center

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther ปีที่แล้ว

      RCPhotosVideos I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

  • @thecasualfly
    @thecasualfly 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing that they launched at the equator to give extra boost ...