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Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus
Editor: Dylan Hennessy
Animator: Mike Ridolfi
Sound: Graham Haerther
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster
References:
[1] nsf.gov/news/special_reports/astronomy/epoch_reionization.pdf
[2] jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html
[3] webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html
[4] jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html
[5]
jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/coating.html
[6] materialstoday.com/polymers-soft-materials/news/material-keeps-heat-off-new-space-telescope
[7] twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1108795971192926208?s=20
[8]] https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/06/Webb_unfolding_sequence
[9] nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-webb-telescope-packs-its-sunshield-for-a-million-mile-trip
[10] jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html
[11] jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/cryocooler.html
[12] sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890414004300
[13] northropgrumman.com/space/the-coolest-technology-cryocoolers
[14] webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html#:~:text=Webb%20Telescope's%20scientists%20and%20engineers,light%20from%20these%20distant%20galaxies.&text=The%20Webb%20Telescope%20team%20decided,is%20both%20strong%20and%20light.
[15] azom.com/properties.aspx?ArticleID=591
[16] https://www.beryllium.eu/about-beryllium
[17] nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/webb-beryllium.html
[18] jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html#sixtimes
[19] nasa.gov/content/hubbles-mirror-flaw
[20] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-telescope
[21] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-spacecraft-bus/jwst-attitude-control-subsystem
[22] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-spacecraft-bus/jwst-propulsion
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Sign up to Nebula here: go.nebula.tv/realengineering
Watch this video on Nebula along with our Nebula Originals: nebula.tv/videos/real-engineering-the-insane-engineering-of-the-james-webb-telescope
Links to everything I do:
beacons.ai/brianmcmanus
Credits:
Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus
Editor: Dylan Hennessy
Animator: Mike Ridolfi
Sound: Graham Haerther
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster
References:
[1] nsf.gov/news/special_reports/astronomy/epoch_reionization.pdf
[2] jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html
[3] webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html
[4] jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html
[5]
jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/coating.html
[6] materialstoday.com/polymers-soft-materials/news/material-keeps-heat-off-new-space-telescope
[7] twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1108795971192926208?s=20
[8]] https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/06/Webb_unfolding_sequence
[9] nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-webb-telescope-packs-its-sunshield-for-a-million-mile-trip
[10] jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html
[11] jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/cryocooler.html
[12] sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890414004300
[13] northropgrumman.com/space/the-coolest-technology-cryocoolers
[14] webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html#:~:text=Webb%20Telescope's%20scientists%20and%20engineers,light%20from%20these%20distant%20galaxies.&text=The%20Webb%20Telescope%20team%20decided,is%20both%20strong%20and%20light.
[15] azom.com/properties.aspx?ArticleID=591
[16] https://www.beryllium.eu/about-beryllium
[17] nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/webb-beryllium.html
[18] jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html#sixtimes
[19] nasa.gov/content/hubbles-mirror-flaw
[20] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-telescope
[21] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-spacecraft-bus/jwst-attitude-control-subsystem
[22] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-spacecraft-bus/jwst-propulsion
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage.
Music by Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/creator
Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung
