The Clever Design Decisions Behind the James Webb Space Telescope

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  • The JWST was originally planned to be launched in 2007, but it has encountered years and years of delays. So, what is the hold up? What is taking it so long?
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  • @gusbisbal9803
    @gusbisbal9803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2357

    When hubble did the deep field image, humanity had a "we know nothing" moment. I can't wait to see what moment this will bring. Its going to be totally worth the wait.

    • @BChandlerBaxter
      @BChandlerBaxter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      It's going to be absolutely incredible. What a wonderful time to be alive.

    • @zelez4ever
      @zelez4ever 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      i heard that images from this telescope will be available just for scientists

    • @Agent-vj3ns
      @Agent-vj3ns 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@zelez4ever we will get edited images in 5 or 10 years with a nice lollipop and forehead pat.

    • @noneofyourbeeswax01
      @noneofyourbeeswax01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      @@zelez4ever Not so. People spend years deeply engaged in such projects so it's only fair they get the first bite of the cherry when the results come in, but NASA are more and more ensuring that the public gets data as fast as possible as they realise it's all great PR. The mission to Pluto last years had the same protocols regarding the release of information to the public once the project scientists have had their first look and that worked fine.

    • @johnsmith-ro2tw
      @johnsmith-ro2tw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      What moment this will bring is we may see aliens waving at us from another galaxy. James Webb would stream it live here on TH-cam. I can't wait to see this.

  • @allenkemp3124
    @allenkemp3124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1082

    Just remember, work on the Hubble started in the mid 70's.

    • @executivesteps
      @executivesteps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Actually it was the late 1960s. The Large Space Telescope LST was originally going to be a 3 meter mirror. It was shrunk to 2.4 meters because the Shuttle was designed to launch Keyhole satellites. NASA wanted the Air Force's deep cash pockets and made the Shuttle just big enough to handle those spy satellites. NASA knew the Shuttle was a bloated monstrosity and wanted it no bigger than the Air Force needed. The LST was shrunk to fit the shuttle.

    • @livenhfree
      @livenhfree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Also must think about the contributions of those talented scientists who have passed since.

    • @jumpingsloth3963
      @jumpingsloth3963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Nice I should be around 35-40 if it goes the same

    • @DrJams
      @DrJams 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      basically, many of the people waiting for this thing are now dead.

    • @michaelgalban8062
      @michaelgalban8062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Back then technology was different. We’re far more advanced now so the fact that it started on the 60’s doesn’t matter

  • @ludwig2345
    @ludwig2345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    JWST: Just Wait Space Telescope

  • @theneonseal6792
    @theneonseal6792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    I remember seeing an illustration of the James Web Telescope in a science book when I was little. I'm now nearly 33 ...

    • @ThomasJr
      @ThomasJr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      impossible, you were 20 25 years ago. You are therefore 45 yo now.

    • @theneonseal6792
      @theneonseal6792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@ThomasJr Nope. There was an illustration of it in a science book in the '90s.

    • @warrenmullett
      @warrenmullett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rome wasn’t built in a day ! Its soo close to launch now. It has been delivered to launch site !

    • @yashmore5038
      @yashmore5038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's quite old mate

    • @cameronhowe1110
      @cameronhowe1110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yashmore5038 30 isn’t old

  • @YonkoLaz
    @YonkoLaz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    With this telescope means even sharper wallpapers!

    • @josemanuelmurguia8970
      @josemanuelmurguia8970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lmao

    • @marvinkitfox3386
      @marvinkitfox3386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Only if your screen supports near-infra-red display colors.

    • @MsIrrealis
      @MsIrrealis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@marvinkitfox3386 that is not how this works lol. The infrared image is displayed in light from the visible spectrum... obviously... otherwise we couldn’t see the image lol

    • @MSDdirtbags
      @MSDdirtbags 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MsIrrealis yes but we stil can't show all color of lights in the screens for example there's a pixel in certain image made Android phones to go in restart loop forever just because that pixel colour is still not supported by Android

    • @T4mponDeluXe
      @T4mponDeluXe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      where can I find great 4k space wallpapers?

  • @pjanoo6973
    @pjanoo6973 5 ปีที่แล้ว +657

    I can't imagine the amount of stress involved in something like this, their is no copying this is all original and has to be 100% perfect or its just space junk.

    • @laujack24
      @laujack24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      not to mention the price of the thing, to get it to the orbit beyond the moon. makes launching satellite child's play

    • @pjanoo6973
      @pjanoo6973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@nickacelvn Its not in low earth orbit, its going to L2 or the second lagrange point, it is past the moon, servicing it would cost more than the telescope it self.

    • @bigcobrob989
      @bigcobrob989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      nickacelvn you sound dumb delete this

    • @eko2_
      @eko2_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      So here's the breakdown.
      1. We have the schematics. So yes we can replace this. We already have parts that have been classified as outdated, but replacing them would be too much extra work. So if we did rebuild this, it'll be much faster to do.
      2. If the launch sequence does have a problem, they can fix this. The satellite will take small pit stops before it starts it's L2 orbit. So if there is a problem, then they can fix this.
      3. If the satellites mirrors or processors have a problem, then we have a solution too. You can use up the satellites last power to push it back towards the earth. This will be a very slow trip back, but once it returns to low orbit, we can fit this there.

    • @himhim6364
      @himhim6364 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      9?

  • @Tay-ky3fi
    @Tay-ky3fi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    0:37 "scheduled launch date is in March 2021"
    Me: found this video March 2021.. frantically looks for launch date

    • @arteljus983
      @arteljus983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Hehe I also just found this video and James Webb is still on earth. Launch is now in October 31, 2021. We will see how that date will age :P. The funny thing is that Starship will probably be ready in couple of years and that thing can take way larger things to space than any rocket today. So no need for that complicated folding design...

    • @walturenamdev209
      @walturenamdev209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I found this vidio on 1st of April 😂

    • @PrivateYT-AG
      @PrivateYT-AG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's pushed back to 31 Oct so the JWST will launch in Halloween

    • @randomizer4889
      @randomizer4889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's already may:)

    • @ayazmd9312
      @ayazmd9312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@randomizer4889 bro it’s almost June 😂😂

  • @universal_wisdom3416
    @universal_wisdom3416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +723

    The rocket that sends this telescope into space better be 101% guaranteed to safely get it up there.

    • @mikomihael6478
      @mikomihael6478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Intiger overflow: now the rocket only has a 1% chance to get up

    • @mikomihael6478
      @mikomihael6478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Chris B ok

    • @TheCoatHangers
      @TheCoatHangers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's why there's SpaceX

    • @universal_wisdom3416
      @universal_wisdom3416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Kevin Detky
      Yeah well as far as I know there’s only ONE James-Webb telescope. So this needs to be precise.

    • @kavitonaga8376
      @kavitonaga8376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Eagerly waiting for the historic day. Hope everything go fine..

  • @CRSofPA
    @CRSofPA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +769

    I'm going to be nervous when they launch this thing.

    • @RobertBardos
      @RobertBardos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      i really wish spacex falcon heavy was the lift vehichle sadly it is not

    • @RealUlrichLeland
      @RealUlrichLeland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It's like leaving a chandelier ontop of your car and hoping it doesn't break.

    • @munnypoltric
      @munnypoltric 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh yeah. Nail biter

    • @amaro7489
      @amaro7489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@RealUlrichLeland only a billion times more expensive

    • @trobert132
      @trobert132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was getting nervous as hell just by watching this video lol :D

  • @hampuslundstrom9249
    @hampuslundstrom9249 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1537

    2 things are always a decade away. Nuclear Fusion electricity and the James Webb Space Telescope.

    • @youliahadzhidimova5260
      @youliahadzhidimova5260 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Fusion's been doing it for longer, though. And it will probably keep doing it after JWST launches in five years. Damn you fusion, stop playing hard to get!

    • @alanwatts8239
      @alanwatts8239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      mark my words, the day someone builds a working fusion reactor, humanity will be in a far safer ground than we are now.

    • @sanctusexitium9956
      @sanctusexitium9956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      3, Don't forget; the end of the world from man made climate change. COUGH-idiots.

    • @sharefactor
      @sharefactor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@alanwatts8239 Working fusion reactors has been built, the problem is that they consume more energy than they produce. Now the first net-producing fusion reactor is being built (ITER in France), but it is excruciatingly expensive, and it will yield only half a GigaWatt.

    • @DeluXeZ3niiTh
      @DeluXeZ3niiTh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@alanwatts8239 I drove next to ITER (Cadarache in France) a few times and it's like a movie, the army is patrolling everywhere and the site is very protected
      I have a friend who work here as an engineer
      As sharefactor said, the problem is that they consume more energy than they produce and we're still not able to maintain a plasma for a long time
      The first real test plasma will start in 2025

  • @mrwizz4625
    @mrwizz4625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2781

    This dude sounds like he’s on the verge of laughing constantly

    • @dasilvafernando8661
      @dasilvafernando8661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Lmao

    • @w1z4rd9
      @w1z4rd9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Josh lol

    • @goodboy-ei4ff
      @goodboy-ei4ff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      The quality of this comment should reward you and your next 7 generations

    • @pfclumi
      @pfclumi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Right?

    • @optimistavf
      @optimistavf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      :D:D

  • @thehandleiwantedwasntavailable
    @thehandleiwantedwasntavailable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My Dad and I followed the progress of the JWST, and discussed the implications of its findings, for nearly 20 years. He passed away in 2018.
    I’ll be watching the launch with an eye on the rocket and my mind on my Dad.

    • @massivemagoo
      @massivemagoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      :(. He's watching it with you

    • @asafoster7954
      @asafoster7954 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@massivemagoo no he's now, that's why it's sad....

  • @hyperdude144
    @hyperdude144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    Legit hyped for the telescope. The launch is going to be like a Superbowl times ten for me. Will watch it LIVE.

    • @philippw4769
      @philippw4769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      oh boy, that would be awesome

    • @Marox..
      @Marox.. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What if a meteorite hit it?

    • @hyperdude144
      @hyperdude144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@Marox.. Word's most expensive firework.

    • @philippw4769
      @philippw4769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Marox.. | could happen. would be super unlucky, i guess

    • @eitkoml
      @eitkoml 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      When it is finally working I want more telescopes to be made on the same principles. One for visible light, one for UV, one for X rays and one for gamma rays.
      I guess 2 more for radiowaves and microwaves if they will benefit from it.

  • @orthoplex64
    @orthoplex64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    I like how the mirrors in real life are even more perfectly reflective than the mirrors in the illustrations

    • @mjames7674
      @mjames7674 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you saying that in the same sense as seeing everything in real life at a higher resolution than possible with any photo/video?

  • @adambartlett7955
    @adambartlett7955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I hope there's a secret japanese double being built just in case like in the movie "Contact"

    • @rikijenkins6729
      @rikijenkins6729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah don't worry. I got it covered.

    • @crashcoursezed7947
      @crashcoursezed7947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rikijenkins6729 Thanks 👍!

    • @calvinhenio4456
      @calvinhenio4456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everytime I think about the James Webb telescope, that thought pops into my head. The the amount of time and money spent on this telescope crazy. I hope everything goes off without a hitch, especially the launch. 🤞her fingers.

  • @bestonyoutube
    @bestonyoutube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    5 years later: Why is the James Webb Space Telescope taking so long?

    • @250txc
      @250txc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Job security is job 1.

    • @factswithdevasish
      @factswithdevasish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imagine then it fails to launch and explodes!

    • @scottschell6045
      @scottschell6045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's now 14 years it was supposed to go up in 07

    • @bestonyoutube
      @bestonyoutube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scottschell6045 No... 5 years after this video.

    • @pixel6698
      @pixel6698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We might be getting it in November, that's 5 months from now... Fingers crossed.

  • @merchantprincess7010
    @merchantprincess7010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Thank you engineers and scientists for all that you do for humankind and beyond.

    • @killap3nguin
      @killap3nguin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Merchant Princess they’ve done nothing. We haven’t been to the moon ever. If we did we would have went at least once in the last 60 years

    • @killap3nguin
      @killap3nguin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unknown nothing good for mankind. Can’t solve disease, can’t solve global warming, nothing major in innovation happens anymore. We are stuck in our ways. If we really went to the moon by now we’d have missions going and using its resources

    • @colbyboucher5445
      @colbyboucher5445 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@killap3nguin Lmao let's just ignore the exponential change in accessibility and knowledge humans have gained within the past few centuries. Remember the last time your common cold symptoms were a possible sign of sure death? Yeah me neither. Be thankful.

    • @killap3nguin
      @killap3nguin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Colby Boucher within the last 50 years lol no. We’ve made minimal gains in medicine and space.

    • @kennybyrne5405
      @kennybyrne5405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@killap3nguin says the guy using his smartphone with gps to communicate 😂😂😂

  • @RickyDownhillRDH
    @RickyDownhillRDH 5 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    Wow, the engineering and science behind this telescope blow my mind.

    • @MountainFisher
      @MountainFisher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ought to blow your mind they had no idea on how to build it when they proposed it. Said they'd figure it out as they went along. Guaranteed cost overrun by over 1000%, one billion to ten billion. They knew they'd be milking this cow for decades.

    • @megsinzoa7424
      @megsinzoa7424 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@MountainFisher i can smell the jealousy trought the screen..
      Not everyone cares about how much money someone else is making while furthering our understanding of the universe.
      But!!! Moooom!!! The evil elite is stealing my money !!!!!* moooom....

    • @MountainFisher
      @MountainFisher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@megsinzoa7424 Jealous? No pissed that they knew they could not build the JWST for one billion, but they proposed it like they could, after all it's just one satellite. I worked in aerospace for most of my career and saw the milking of the taxpayer on cost overruns on just about every new program, but at least in the 70s and 80s you had to produce something that works. Now it's finished, but they're going to "test" it many times for launch in two years, be surprised if it does launch, but for over $10 billion heads should have rolled and competent people should have replaced these toad suckers. That is what used to happen if they didn't just drop it.

    • @MountainFisher
      @MountainFisher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@megsinzoa7424 Oh and instead of exploring the universe I'll probably die before JWST is finally ready to work. If the people who proposed it had talked to an engineer they would have been told that there is no way it could be built on time or for the proposed cost. Ten billion could have done a lot towards exploring space if the money had been given to responsible engineers. 2007 to now 2021 is a rip off of true exploration.

    • @youliahadzhidimova5260
      @youliahadzhidimova5260 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MountainFisher I'm not even remotely in the field, so I could be (very) wrong. But I have the impression that many smaller projects could not equal the eventual results from the JWST project. So I'm glad that this project is happening, even if there's a lot of money stealing going on. Similar with the ITER test reactor - I've heard similar complaints, but I still believe that it's better to have ITER built.
      Thanks for sharing this other side of the issue, that you see; it's easy to be only impressed with such projects when you look from afar. But it's usually more complicated.

  • @piascott4557
    @piascott4557 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's nice to watch this video now in the future and see what an amazing success JWST has been just within few months of operating. The wait was all worth it!

  • @ravenken
    @ravenken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It is so fun to come back and watch this video. You do an outstanding job in your editing. Today's date is 1/13/22 and the JWT has successfully deployed to date meeting many milestones but still holding my breath. Excitement in the community of star watchers is palpable and I'm enjoying every second. Thanks for doing an outstanding job to inform along this journey. Much appreciated.

  • @3wod590
    @3wod590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1002

    welp it's safe to say that this telescope is going to clap hubble's cheeks

    • @user-nr2ku9dk9b
      @user-nr2ku9dk9b 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      lmao

    • @christopherbrooke2142
      @christopherbrooke2142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      If it ever gets there

    • @MrtinVarela
      @MrtinVarela 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Oh yeah yeah It's a good thing it has 18 of them.

    • @BillySotherden
      @BillySotherden 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm fucking dyyyying laughing, that was hysterical.

    • @Creek1575
      @Creek1575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahahaha. Like "hold my beer" meme.

  • @7Earthsky
    @7Earthsky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    If this telescope fails the collective face palming may cause a seismic wave that shifts the Earths orbit.

    • @Knightfire66
      @Knightfire66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      then better not launch this with spaceX xD

    • @7Earthsky
      @7Earthsky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@Knightfire66 Space X have a pretty good track record for deployment and take off....Their booster landings aren't always perfect is all. As far as getting shit in orbit goes....They're pretty top notch.

    • @somethingsomethingname25
      @somethingsomethingname25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Knightfire66 why not though?

    • @blobber51
      @blobber51 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@somethingsomethingname25 oh yeah yeah

    • @mathieuvanleeuwen7127
      @mathieuvanleeuwen7127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I appreciate your concern, But do not worry. (that will be tested too...)

  • @timotheyszczepanski6644
    @timotheyszczepanski6644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    imagine: this means tech from the 2000s is launched in 2020s
    imagine if we had the 2020 tech right now

    • @hayaMLa
      @hayaMLa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      then the 2020 tech wouldnt be launched till 2040 xD

    • @rikijenkins6729
      @rikijenkins6729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They will make a rocket one day that can fly to the JWST orbit. To upgrade it. Scotty from Star Trek said so.... 🤣

    • @Berkeloid0
      @Berkeloid0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Actually they started designing the tech in the 2000s, it's only being finished now as cutting edge 2020s technology, like the spectroscopy device shown in the video that has never been seen before. Most of our 2020s tech also started being designed in the 2010s and earlier, because it takes so many years to bring new devices to market even outside of aerospace. It always amazed me in the past when I bought an Intel CPU and on it there's a copyright year that's 5-6 years before the original release date was. Imagine working for these places and getting to see the prototypes and test samples - they're literally future technology, what will become the latest and greatest to the general public years from now.
      I suppose it would be more accurate to say here we are stuck with 2020s technology when internally many of these R&D companies are using 2030s technology already...

    • @TheB0sss
      @TheB0sss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not really how it works. All these systems and mirrors etc are techniques developed over more than a decade, and it's finished now. It's launching with pretty cutting edge tech.

    • @scottschell6045
      @scottschell6045 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The predecessor next telescope after web is already way farther ahead and then web and it's in a desert in Chile they say it'll make web look like a little mini they'll probably be done with it before web is guarantee if Congress tells them they ain't getting another dime that thing will be up tomorrow

  • @MightPlus
    @MightPlus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Astrum sounds like he's constantly happy about what he's talking about. I like that.

    • @ThomasJr
      @ThomasJr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      His name is Alex McAllum, something like that

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    And I thought the Mars Exploration Rovers had a scary deployment sequence...

  • @mikeomolt4485
    @mikeomolt4485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    James Webb Telescope should be capable of detecting light from stars that was emitted around the time they first started building it.

  • @TheBenLemonade
    @TheBenLemonade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For anyone curious, the new launch date for the JWST is October 31, 2021. Hopefully we will actually see it launched this year!

  • @Brakvash
    @Brakvash 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Closest thing I've had to a nerd-gasm was watching this marvel of engineering.

  • @jerry3790
    @jerry3790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    Because apparently there aren’t supposed to be leftover bits with the IKEA parts they ordered.

    • @JohnJohansen2
      @JohnJohansen2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Ungregistered User I have!
      I can highly recommend it.

    • @leetakamiya2162
      @leetakamiya2162 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Better pack an extra wrench just to be sure

    • @kelly2fly
      @kelly2fly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ja565hr IMO one major reason for that is because the furniture from home and the decor don't match with the ikea piece.

    • @daneclark3161
      @daneclark3161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anton Boludo - LOL! The best part of glue together, screw together, alleged furniture is that it is super easy to break up and toss in the dumpster. 🤣

    • @sexgod6909
      @sexgod6909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Ari Naughty!!! You aren't supposed to think like that!!! 😎

  • @nigo-
    @nigo- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    10:53 whoa wait,it's fully built now but they're just going to test it for two more years before launch? hats off to the team of perfectionists, I hope it all goes well

    • @Sharpless2
      @Sharpless2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @Ben Jackbag Mank Go on, twitter warrior. Go and build a multi billion USD telescope. Place it at an unreachable, but needed, distance for humans which makes it unserviceable.
      Everything goes to plan, until something doesnt. Realize you cant service it... you should have tested WAY MORE... trash it. No scientific knowledge has been gained, years of time have been wasted, and on top of all that you have to fight the possible shutdown of your space program after wasting 10 billion USD.
      People like you just search for an excuse as to why they are still breathing.

    • @eduardopupucon
      @eduardopupucon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Ben Jackbag Mank have you heard of the dunning kruger effect? i bet that you would have done much better than them hahahahahaha

    • @eduardopupucon
      @eduardopupucon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Ben Jackbag Mank ok, what about the logistical difficulties in making a modular telescope? you are aware that this telescope is going to be in L2 and not in LEO so you're going to need a ariane rocket for each of the launches considering that the arianes are the only avaiable rockets at the moment that are capable of sending payload into L2, but guess what, the entire james webb telescope is already going to be sent by a single ariane rocket.

    • @nichealey8335
      @nichealey8335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ben Jackbag Mank what's the name of the engine? is it publicly accessible? i'm genuinely interested if it is one of the most accurate.

    • @magtovi
      @magtovi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ben Jackbag Mank How would you taxi it? (honest question, just learning)

  • @josedacunhafilho
    @josedacunhafilho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I literally get goosebumps in expectation for the images this machine will be sending us in only a few weeks!

    • @mohit_50
      @mohit_50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      After reaching L2 JWST will take another 5 months or so to start working because of calibration, instrument cooling and stuff. Correct me if I'm wrong.

  • @lsb2623
    @lsb2623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    An unfinished game will eventually be good... a rushed game will forever be bad.

    • @jomon723
      @jomon723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      👎

    • @brandanmurray193
      @brandanmurray193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Terrible example, look at no mans sky it was rushed out and it’s reception was terrible and it was patched for years to the point of being well received. A lot of games as a service are rushed out with the plan to patch out the issues

    • @midnightfeeder
      @midnightfeeder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@brandanmurray193 wasn't it in development for like 10 years

    • @brandanmurray193
      @brandanmurray193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      midnightfeeder no, not no mans sky it’s development cycle was 3 years.

    • @Azeckwazion
      @Azeckwazion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Half Life 3?

  • @baruchben-david4196
    @baruchben-david4196 5 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    I just hope the launch goes well.

    • @AirAssault7
      @AirAssault7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Talk about nerve-wracking.

    • @kyousey
      @kyousey 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me anxious af

    • @wesleydeng71
      @wesleydeng71 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Launch may not be the most difficult part. Deployment will be.

    • @pitech4446
      @pitech4446 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They will use SPACEX

    • @Edax_Royeaux
      @Edax_Royeaux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They better have a good payload ejection system if the rocket explodes.

  • @andyherbert2304
    @andyherbert2304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    seing them flip that mirror upside down gave me soo much anxiety

  • @ontheland5055
    @ontheland5055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Lest we forget how long it took to get Hubble launched and functioning. At first the images that came back were distorted, but then they were able to correct for a minute warp in the mirror by computer. Then they sent a team up to service the telescope, on at least one occasion. I should wonder if there would be an advantage to launching a telescope into interstellar space. The edge of the solar system is very far away - 9 billion kilometers. But space there is colder and the sun wouldn't be a problem, and there are also fewer atoms of gas in interstellar space which would improve the resolution of the telescope. It would be an incredible vantage point from which to explore the Keiber belt and the Ort cloud beyond. These are regions of space we know so little about. But it would be science for a future generation, because it takes 40 years to get there.

  • @Haysomaster
    @Haysomaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually won a NASA competition about the James Webb Space Telescope a couple of years ago and got to meet some of the designers of the telescope. It was a really cool experience!

  • @eerohughes
    @eerohughes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I'm beyond hopeful for this project and I don't care how long it takes to get it right!

  • @crgkevin6542
    @crgkevin6542 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Outside of manned spaceflight, this is the most exiting thing in space exploration! Hope everything goes right when this gets in to space, because the discoveries the James Webb will make will be incredible!

    • @MrGonzonator
      @MrGonzonator 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its cool yeah, but have you seen the TESS space telescope? Its method of operation is just mad and it will study an area 400 time larger than Kepler did for exoplanets. Its going to be a prime source of targets for the James Webb, though at this rate its mission will be over before JWST even gets off the ground.

    • @unggrabb
      @unggrabb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Manned space travel is a waste of time. Instrumentation and probes makes sense

    • @unggrabb
      @unggrabb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ungratefulmetalpansy great comment. Spot on

    • @wongelfski4681
      @wongelfski4681 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it gets to space

  • @slaviboy
    @slaviboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    When we build a base on the Moon, then we can build the biggest telescope ever. Since there is no atmosphere on the Moon, it is the perfect location for building a ground telescope.

    • @OneEyedMaxi
      @OneEyedMaxi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Nirek Setty they’re making a moon base though?

    • @themightywolf4179
      @themightywolf4179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Nirek Setty They are but I highly doubt it will have a telescope like this within our lifespans.
      I still hope they will prove me wrong though.

    • @delirium1643
      @delirium1643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Nirek Setty they are, in 2024
      the Artemis mission

    • @spetsnatzlegion3366
      @spetsnatzlegion3366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Replace Arecibo with a telescope in a crater in the moon

    • @natetwitchell1969
      @natetwitchell1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Nirek Setty artemis has entered the chat

  • @allonblackxx
    @allonblackxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I truly hope everything is working 100% for this amazing engineering feat by Oct. 31 launch date and that everything else is just perfect on this day. Other than getting people into space consistently and safely, this is one of the most exciting things I can think of in my lifetime.

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dec. 22, now - they also just started the fueling process.

    • @-sela
      @-sela 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jeffbenton6183 Christmas now

    • @Cocoboi7
      @Cocoboi7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      im from future and this telescope is in space , floating

    • @bigpicturethinking5620
      @bigpicturethinking5620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am from the future and yes, it’s doing quite well. Completely deployed and closing in on its position at l2

  • @user-og8wg5we4d
    @user-og8wg5we4d 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I really hope everything goes according to the plans, we’ve been waiting a lot, but I know it will be all worth it! It shall be amazing.

    • @arthurdonehower6115
      @arthurdonehower6115 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      if they spent this money on the poor there would be no poverty

    • @josh-nq6nf
      @josh-nq6nf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@arthurdonehower6115 Sure but this is an actual worthwhile project for the species, the money is fine to go to this, its the money owned by the billionaires than should be used to help the poor.

    • @munnypoltric
      @munnypoltric 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      luckily you have lots of other things in life to wait for and to enjoy. If this was the only thing, it would be hard. But you get to look forward to a coffee every morning and you get it 2 minutes later. So life has a way of relaxing us

    • @charliebrown6072
      @charliebrown6072 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      josh exactly!! I really love when my taxes contribute to space exploration

  • @METAL1ON
    @METAL1ON 5 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    Scares me to death this thing, I have such high hopes riding on it.

    • @izaicslinux6961
      @izaicslinux6961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Well, don't fall off! /s

    • @22Tech
      @22Tech 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      yeah its such a strange feeling, on one hand i cant wait for it to launch but the risk of the launch is so great i dont even want to think about.

    • @Demidar
      @Demidar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rocket launches nowdays are 95 percent succesful. Back in the old era it was alot less so dont worry

    • @Madcatcon199
      @Madcatcon199 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ive been on the edge of my seat for 10 years with this project

    • @METAL1ON
      @METAL1ON 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Vulcan Logix ______ ???

  • @wyatt5786
    @wyatt5786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely incredible video man. Keep it up! You definitely deserve this like and sub. 😁

  • @sarojinichaudhury179
    @sarojinichaudhury179 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very beautifully narrated. From the narration itself, I 'feel' that I understand everything .

  • @Xiox321
    @Xiox321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +515

    I can't wait to see the first images taken with this in 50 years while I lie on my death bed.

    • @kirklandelectricicnc
      @kirklandelectricicnc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      LOL..I would be a pile of dust by that time.

    • @imfahad9248
      @imfahad9248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It will launch in 2021, you will see the first image by that time ! Not that much though 😅

    • @bigmike956
      @bigmike956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      By then you will be an immortal cyborg.

    • @Archman155
      @Archman155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@imfahad9248 r/woooooosh

    • @MMD88
      @MMD88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Archman 155 not really he was stating facts and can you please stop it with the r/woooosh? It’s getting really old

  • @lucasdeaver9192
    @lucasdeaver9192 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    You have one of those voices that seems like you're always smiling when talking. It's very relaxing.

    • @frontspring1
      @frontspring1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he sounds gay

    • @boricuadude26
      @boricuadude26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grab America by the Flaps which means “a happy person”

  • @cosicave5179
    @cosicave5179 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent. What a pleasant surprise to find no intrusive, deliberately dramatic, music drowning out the important descriptions and explanations of the very clearly spoken narrator. Thanks.

  • @IIISentorIII
    @IIISentorIII 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Five minutes after it fully deployed in space, a Ferengi stole it.

    • @reximran9439
      @reximran9439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ha ha 🤣

    • @Kaizzer
      @Kaizzer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Then the Bentusi will give us a much better telescope

    • @CVernRock
      @CVernRock 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @emuhill
      @emuhill 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Captain Benjamin Sisko after his team board a Ferengi freighter: So that is what happened to the James Webb Space Telescope in the 21st century.

  • @sebastianrabe5935
    @sebastianrabe5935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I am glad to live in these times and being able to see those pictures and all the upcoming findings. "Glück Auf!" from Germany :-)

  • @RAJAWAT
    @RAJAWAT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Mind-boggling technology at work. Best of luck for this super advancement in technology.

  • @dinglebop9558
    @dinglebop9558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loove this channel! Thank you!!

  • @ghostdog4330
    @ghostdog4330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I hope they've built a spare one. All it would take is a rocket malfunction to turn it into the worlds most expensive firework.

    • @arturniemiec7560
      @arturniemiec7560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well ,you're right .So maybe they should wait a bit. This year isn't look very lucky for anyone of us. Just in case..

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Insurance for launches is super expensive, but worth it.

    • @Rokdar1
      @Rokdar1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is EXACTLY what I'm waiting on!

  • @PaperDragons
    @PaperDragons 5 ปีที่แล้ว +769

    If I sneeze and rip a fabric I get 8 more years job security.

    • @astrodiver1
      @astrodiver1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Bingo!

    • @donbower
      @donbower 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      I mean that's not it at all. If you sneeze and rip this multi billion dollar telescope you will never step foot in a NASA facility again.

    • @PaperDragons
      @PaperDragons 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@donbowerIt's not a serious hypothesis. But one multi-year delay was because there was a rip. I am a corporate project manager so I understand challenges. But as a fan, it's frustrating from the outside looking in.

    • @astrodiver1
      @astrodiver1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was going to say I think Dragon meant that metaphorically.

    • @xdragon2k
      @xdragon2k 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm pretty sure someone was fired over that sneeze already. They say they need to "make sure" it doesn't happen again.

  • @alveraan1
    @alveraan1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    If it succeeds, the JWT might be the most incredible scientific tool ever used in my own lifetime.

    • @jhuny
      @jhuny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      In your own lifetime? You seem quite optimistic lol

    • @__jan
      @__jan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think LIGO is more impressive

    • @uboa8060
      @uboa8060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@__janwhat is that?

    • @Hexanitrobenzene
      @Hexanitrobenzene 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What about Large Hadron Collider ? I think it holds the title of largest and most complex scientific tool ever built, to date.

    • @alveraan1
      @alveraan1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hexanitrobenzene Also the international space station and ITER.

  • @jolness1
    @jolness1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for doing Captions! I am not hard of hearing but it makes it easier to be sure I understood correctly or watch videos while the kiddo is napping.
    Love this channel, so glad I found it!

    • @jolness1
      @jolness1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Smee Self I do use them as well but I do like having captions in general too. I always have them turned on when I'm watching stuff. They used to drive me crazy but I got into the habit of having them on and now I am bummed when I don't.

  • @snowleopard4890
    @snowleopard4890 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these space project videos, especially about such exciting monumental feats!

  • @anna.m8
    @anna.m8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    They need to hurry! I want to still be alive when it launches 😭

    • @manifeellikeawoman6888
      @manifeellikeawoman6888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lol..im feeling and thinking the same..

    • @CptStankFanger
      @CptStankFanger 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      💀☠💀

    • @Hadrexus
      @Hadrexus 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Joseph ArdenI'm 22 and there's a high chance both me and you will be able to go to space in the near future. Once the colonization of mars kicks off it's going to be like when the Europeans started colonizing the Americas

    • @agene5583
      @agene5583 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Summer of 2021 my dear. Promise.

    • @clydeellzey508
      @clydeellzey508 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ive been waiting since 2006 ill be gone before the piece of junk gets launched f..... Nasa and their lifetime bs

  • @CodeLeeCarter
    @CodeLeeCarter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for the awesome update concerning the James Webb Space Telescope, I've been waiting for updates on this mission for some time,... Thanks again.

  • @samrusoff
    @samrusoff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watching this now, with the launch scheduled this week, very excited!

  • @seewhyaneyesee
    @seewhyaneyesee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I hope all this wait makes up for a perfect deployment. This is too precious.

  • @davidwebster2616
    @davidwebster2616 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Please take your time, get it right! I'm so excited to see this event when it happens.

    • @arthurdonehower6115
      @arthurdonehower6115 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      2v tme =6 to the 10th power
      e mc squared

    • @astrofrk
      @astrofrk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes because if things go wrong, NASA saying "OOPS" isn't going to sound good.

  • @nestormatos8477
    @nestormatos8477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    What a wonderful project, I pray all goes well!

    • @ADEehrh
      @ADEehrh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Praying for a scientific endeavor isn't that like a sin or something?

    • @theenjeneer2493
      @theenjeneer2493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aaron E it depends if you believer that or not

    • @dzhokhar997
      @dzhokhar997 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now it in space

  • @Stem2Space
    @Stem2Space 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "You can't rush art!"
    -that guy that fixes woody in toy story 2

  • @molrat
    @molrat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Oh man it's so satisfying to see those gold mirrors omg they're so perfect I just wanna ice skate on them

  • @snowgod8446
    @snowgod8446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    9:45 imagine being the guy who has to fold it back in

    • @RichyRich2607
      @RichyRich2607 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine getting good money for doing it :)

  • @Breakbeats92.5
    @Breakbeats92.5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Hubble has brought us some truly breathtaking images. I can't imagine the pictures this telescope will take.

    • @vkobevk
      @vkobevk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      it is not hubble, but a very expensive infrared telescope, in theory it can help to find planet nine, see if proxima b has atmosphere and ocean and if alpha centauri systems have planets

    • @juesecracker2439
      @juesecracker2439 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vkobevk shoot haven't thought of that but since we don't know where it is in our solar system

    • @Breakbeats92.5
      @Breakbeats92.5 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      vkobe vkob I've always thought that we are the aliens and intelligent life light years away is putting as much effort into to finding us as we are them.

    • @rbrtck
      @rbrtck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Breakbeats92.5 No, they're looking for intelligent life.

    • @xxx_g3tr3kt_xxx11
      @xxx_g3tr3kt_xxx11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rbrtck we count as intelligent life... lol

  • @rsg7472
    @rsg7472 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Superb video and love to watch more. Weldon. Can you do outer space and planet related videos?

  • @SentinelPrimek
    @SentinelPrimek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was incredibly informative

  • @carlosrincon6017
    @carlosrincon6017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Got so many moving parts it can be considered the first man-made Transformer.

    • @yasirtufail6113
      @yasirtufail6113 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what I call it

    • @jorgensenmj
      @jorgensenmj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The should use 4 "Stretch-arm Strong" dolls to stretch the membrane...and a couple Gumby insulators...and some pull cords from some talking GI Joes with kung fu grip. That would have saved a billion dollars right there!

  • @johndivita4842
    @johndivita4842 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great source of information. Excellent presentation! Thank you.

  • @RickeyBowers
    @RickeyBowers 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a beautiful technological work - I can't wait for the images to start flowing in!

  • @snowbunker
    @snowbunker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative Thanks

  • @widget3672
    @widget3672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the more detailed explanation, it was nice to get the specifics of how they made some parts and what it is that's holding up the launch.

  • @justicevanpool9025
    @justicevanpool9025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    nice job! You managed to get me totally jazzed about something I knew almost nothing of before this video.

    • @hansenmv
      @hansenmv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sadly launch delays are a fact of reality .... no one ever figures out "we can launch much sooner" (without being gently led away... never to return)

  • @razmikyekiazarian8454
    @razmikyekiazarian8454 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant design and engineering... Bravo and Good Luck...

  • @Jin88866
    @Jin88866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    You can literally hear the narrator smiling during the whole video

  • @matthias4
    @matthias4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    You always sound as if you're smiling! That's so nice :)

    • @Br0nson_0
      @Br0nson_0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh yeah totally! I always think of astrum, as a just happy to be Living person!
      I just love it!

    • @jesusistheonlysavior3312
      @jesusistheonlysavior3312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Matthias what a clever comment. It’s true, he sound happy and smiling,

    • @novafawks
      @novafawks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always thought this too, in fact I commented this on one of his videos before, I thought I was the only one!

    • @xenophagia
      @xenophagia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've always thought the same as well. You can literally hear this guy's smile.

    • @Volodimar
      @Volodimar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I on the other side find it creepy AF.

  • @nguyentrinhquanganh1494
    @nguyentrinhquanganh1494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Hubble : I’m ded already.
    JWST : I’m still not born yet.

    • @agungwidi799
      @agungwidi799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Durex: We proud of our product

    • @jorge8596
      @jorge8596 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Kepler: My reaction wheels don't work

    • @Pug_990
      @Pug_990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think Hubble will stay because we need a telescope near earth plus Hubble can do things that the James web can't do.

    • @trutacgear
      @trutacgear 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahahaha

    • @Jeonex
      @Jeonex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *hubble will never die*

  • @deeplife9654
    @deeplife9654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Two years ago it was uploaded. The time has finally come . Who are excited

  • @skits6192
    @skits6192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely love this channel

  • @niranjanm5942
    @niranjanm5942 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    its amazing to think that one side has 100 deg Celsius after few centimeters the temperature is -220 deg Celsius

    • @NarwahlGaming
      @NarwahlGaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I still get fascinated by how one side of my door is a cozy 75F while the other side is -12F in winter.

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see you on the Dark Side of the moon....

    • @jorgensenmj
      @jorgensenmj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Temperature is just movement of particles or electromagnetic waves.
      In a vacuum you have no particles to transmit that "heat" so it is not that amazing.

  • @ltdowney
    @ltdowney 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Beryllium is also super toxic, so it makes manufacturing with it very difficult and complicated. Lots of safety precautions and such.

    • @Sharpless2
      @Sharpless2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      carcinogenic af.
      l u n g c a n c e r is most certainly the case when inhaling beryllium dust.

    • @apolloniamariarobin637
      @apolloniamariarobin637 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah, the engineers can get skin diseases that lead to disability or death if they're exposed to it for too long so i suppose that's also why it would take them awhile for it to get ready

  • @StanTheObserver-lo8rx
    @StanTheObserver-lo8rx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Just watched a science vid where they said "And we will know much more when the JWST is launched in 2018." The vid was from 2014.

  • @dannyurocks
    @dannyurocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video thanks

  • @MrPakurfulo
    @MrPakurfulo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video made me smile. This is the kind of science divulgation I crave for

  • @MountainFisher
    @MountainFisher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Being an aerospace biologist/engineer and having actually worked in the "shop" building things I figure the engineers planned the JWST without knowing how to build it. So they had to figure out how to make parts of it as they went along, one reason they took so long. There are others too.

  • @antonteodor6305
    @antonteodor6305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember waiting for it since I was a teenager. I am even more excited now.

  • @guyinaroom7771
    @guyinaroom7771 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everything about this is so incredibly cool

  • @jimmyshrimbe9361
    @jimmyshrimbe9361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow! Absolutely amazing!

  • @darrenlhull5722
    @darrenlhull5722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    If one person makes the most simple mistake it will be the biggest and most expensive hunk of junk in space . So please do it right

    • @The22on
      @The22on 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I worked for NASA in the seventies. In big letters outside the factory there was a sign:
      DRIVE = Do It Right Initially for Value and Effectiveness

    • @arthurdonehower6115
      @arthurdonehower6115 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i do not want you to worry but this launch is controlled by demacrats in congress.

  • @niabmocha
    @niabmocha 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Exciting stuff!

  • @lalagulutmankhail
    @lalagulutmankhail 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just can't wait any longer hope everything goes well keeping my fingers crossed

  • @LTDANMAN44
    @LTDANMAN44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    can't wait to see the pictures this thing takes

    • @arthurdonehower6115
      @arthurdonehower6115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      then you will not see lt

    • @Versuffe
      @Versuffe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lt.Dan

    • @Versuffe
      @Versuffe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Arthur donehower

    • @vkobevk
      @vkobevk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@arthurdonehower6115 the true hype it is if it can find planet nine and what it can discover in alpha centauri system 😊

    • @zaharishtonov
      @zaharishtonov 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right. In...infrared. You better get your infrared to visible light glasses now :D

  • @brothatwasepic
    @brothatwasepic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    In 2007 I thought 1080p was leading edge. I hope they upgrade the sensor before launching

    • @BChandlerBaxter
      @BChandlerBaxter 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know they will, they're bound to.

    • @suicidalbanananana
      @suicidalbanananana 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The point is that they have made custom camera sensors that can focus/track 100 objects at the same time, with no noise, so its literally 100 of the best possible 1080p camera's packed into one. The amount of money these sensors have cost to be developed means they're not gonna go back and rebuild the whole thing because you can buy a 4k TV these days, those resolutions (highly complex space camera vs consumer gadgets/tv's) couldn't be more disconnected facts. Not to mention the fact that they can point several lenses to the same target with ever so tiny offsets to effectively increase the resolution.
      Hubble space telescope does this too (combining low res pictures at small offsets into one high res pic) but for the Hubble telescope they do it by moving the whole telescope by microscopic amounts, the camera sensor is low res but it shoots like 400 pictures at slight angles that they then use to create a highly detailed '1500 megapixel' image here on earth, this James Webb telescope can bscly do the same but doesn't have to move around for it, instead those 100 internal micro lenses move.
      Long story short dont worry about it, the fact its called a 1080p sensor doesnt mean it will give us 1080p pictures, while Google gives me all sorts of nonsense results on the resolution of the Hubble telescope (as in, the actual sensor's resolution) i bet you its below 1080p, remember that thing was launched in 1990, 17 years difference (in hardware development) with original planned James Webb launch date, James Webb is going to create higher quality picture's, theres bscly no question about that, and they really dont need to update the sensor at all even if launch still takes another 10 years of delay. Again, this is not comparable to your standard consumer camera sensor.

    • @max2562
      @max2562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@suicidalbanananana I would think that since resolution is one of the most important aspects about space photography then it would be great luck to be able to upgrade any photography equipment by a factor of 4 or 8 while it is still here on planet Earth. It would be irresponsible not to. Your argument about cost is valid, but looking ahead there is absolutely no way of spending that money on an upgrade once its launched and this upgrade is one that will even be overshadowed by another once this thing is gone. The idea is to put the best technology in it while they can because once its gone all thats left are wishes and regrets.

  • @auntvesuvi3872
    @auntvesuvi3872 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks, Alex! 🛰️

  • @narasinghanilkumaryadhav8746
    @narasinghanilkumaryadhav8746 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you brother

  • @buryitdeep
    @buryitdeep 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    After waiting and watching for years I have a terrible feeling about this. So many things can go wrong.

    • @jemuelmongado5030
      @jemuelmongado5030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Have faith in the Ariane V. Have faith in the JWST engineers. We are getting ourselves a new Hubble, and that's final.

    • @imapopo2924
      @imapopo2924 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That could be said for everything we've ever done involving space. The degree of accuracy needed to do even half of what NASA has accomplished is astounding, yet they've done great things. Have faith in them.

  • @TryHardCentral
    @TryHardCentral 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I remember in 2016 seeing "James Webb telescope finished by early 2018".. 2017 came nothing changed, 2018 came nothing changed and now it's almost 2020.

    • @munnypoltric
      @munnypoltric 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it is 2020 now. I'll tell ya when it's up

  • @mrjeff4832
    @mrjeff4832 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I cant wait to see the pictures

  • @richardmorton4053
    @richardmorton4053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is an excellent presentation. It would be interesting to find out how systems designed, built and tested at room temperature can possibly be expected to operate at temperatures around -220C.

    • @xd-fu6ry
      @xd-fu6ry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They can only opperate at such low temperatures because hotter temperatures would interfere with the extremely sensitive infared detection systems. Thus they where tested at (or near) such low temperatures to insure structural stability and accuracy of the instruments.