The Most Important Thing for Humanity?

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"We have a lot to learn about earth. But at the same time, it feels like it should be learning about the universe and learning about whynow," he says. "I think that's the most interesting, ye, significant stuff humanity can do." 'If thereare infinite universes, there are infinite possibilities,' he adds. "'Yi' is pretty sik.' We'll metvers theory. We'll hale fle do something twice', i'm always torn on what's the most important thing for humanity?'"

This week we have another longform episode! David got a little obsessed with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) a few months ago and spent hours and hours researching and talking to experts so that he can try to explain it here on the podcast for Marques and Andrew. This one is a little dense but if you're even remotely interested in the mysteries of our universe this one is for you. David explains why the JWST is such a big deal and what we hope to discover once it begins sending back pictures.

Special thanks to:

Paul Geithner

Dr. Jonathan McDowell

Dr. Peter Gao

Tim Dodd

Sources:

How James Webb Orbits Nothing

Webb vs Hubble (NASA)

Fine Guidance Sensor (NASA)

JWST FAQ (NASA)

Where is Webb? (NASA)

Webb Orbit (NASA)