How Do You Decide What to Point It at Next?

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All tax pay er money, they want to make the first 20 ish things that they stare at just be those, like, beautiful cosmic images. But then you could submit a proposal to have it stare at other stuff. There's a cue that lasts, like multipleyear ho was going to say, like, ok, how do they decide what they'regoing to point it at next? Like if you work for them, obviously they have a certain priority. And we get to see, that's just ting. They want just, they work for us. We thought we re going to haveye wait more time to mess with this, right? I think they have ideas for

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)