JST is a million miles away. It orbits the sun and lying with the Earth, but that's a semi-stable point in space. So it's not like you just put a spacecraft there and it will stick. We have to use fuel to sort of keep it in that orbit out a million miles from space. And we're talking about a spacecraft effectively on the other side of the moon by another four lengths of the Earth moon distance.
In this episode, Amber and Peter discuss the 25-year journey of bringing the James Webb Space Telescope to life; they dive into space theory and the future possibilities with the JWST and answer the question, “are we the first sentient beings in the universe?”
You will learn about:
- 09:34 | What It's Like Strapping $10 Billion Onto An Explosive Rocket.
- 44:01 | Are We The First Sentient Beings In The Universe?
- 58:23 | The Stars That Brought Amber Straughn To Tears.
Dr. Amber Straughn is an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and serves as the Deputy Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope. Her research explores how black holes and stars form in distant galaxies.
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