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Space Policy Edition: JWST and the politics of mega-science (with Robert Smith)

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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The Science of Astronomy Is Thinking Too Small, Right?

It seems to be scientifically more compelling to focus on this range of infra red wave blanks. And so i don't it's a great surprise that initially the idea is that webb, or what becomes called webb, is going to operate between one and five micrones. So you've got these terrific detectives, much better than other regions of the inferbed. That is also playing a factor. I think he was still urging them to be bold, ambitious, throw away the concept of hobble,. which he saw as basically a ground base telescope sent into space. He's not saying, oh, you can have five billion. You know, go away. He's saying,

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