1 00:00:49,382 --> 00:00:51,418 >> welcome. 2 00:00:51,484 --> 00:00:53,086 For the next few hours and the 3 00:00:53,153 --> 00:00:54,654 next few weeks I will be your 4 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:55,989 host at the beginning of a new 5 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:58,091 adventure to find our place in 6 00:00:58,158 --> 00:01:00,627 this vast cosmos and our role in 7 00:01:00,693 --> 00:01:02,595 a story that takes us back to 8 00:01:02,662 --> 00:01:04,030 the beginning of time. 9 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:05,698 Approximately 30 days from now 10 00:01:05,765 --> 00:01:08,068 NASA and the European partners 11 00:01:08,134 --> 00:01:09,736 will launch a new observatory in 12 00:01:09,803 --> 00:01:11,771 the space of such ambition, 13 00:01:11,838 --> 00:01:13,406 inventiveness, and boldness of 14 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:16,943 vision that it promises and a 15 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:19,012 highly new view of our universe, 16 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:20,547 this is the James Webb space 17 00:01:20,613 --> 00:01:22,115 telescope and this new universe 18 00:01:22,182 --> 00:01:23,950 is almost here. 19 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:25,685 Standing here on the shore of 20 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:27,587 the cosmic ocean we are about to 21 00:01:27,654 --> 00:01:29,255 take the next step on a journey 22 00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:31,357 that is as old as a -- old as 23 00:01:31,424 --> 00:01:32,459 humanity itself. 24 00:01:32,525 --> 00:01:33,393 For the first have a look at the 25 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:34,461 stars and wondered what they 26 00:01:34,527 --> 00:01:35,962 were to the advent of new 27 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:38,031 telescopes and new technologies 28 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:40,266 web is next in line to take us 29 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:41,868 closer to an understanding of 30 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:43,803 where we are, where we came 31 00:01:43,870 --> 00:01:45,438 from, and also where we are 32 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:47,607 going, today we will start by 33 00:01:47,674 --> 00:01:48,842 talking but the main science 34 00:01:48,908 --> 00:01:50,677 goals of the Webb telescope in 35 00:01:50,743 --> 00:01:52,712 the dive in, I'm joined by Greg 36 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:54,414 Robinson who is the program 37 00:01:54,481 --> 00:01:58,251 director of the Greg, Alta 38 00:01:58,318 --> 00:02:00,253 mascot and get closer to you. 39 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,154 You are here to represent a 40 00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:07,694 large team today aren't you? 41 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:09,162 >> yes I'm here to represent the 42 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:09,996 team. 43 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:11,164 I want to thank all the team 44 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:12,232 joining us today around the 45 00:02:12,298 --> 00:02:13,466 world. 46 00:02:13,533 --> 00:02:15,902 This is a long journey. 47 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:18,238 And we have a long way to go. 48 00:02:18,304 --> 00:02:20,206 Also I want to think the more 49 00:02:20,273 --> 00:02:21,641 than 10,000 people who work on 50 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:23,209 Web to make this possible 51 00:02:23,276 --> 00:02:23,810 including our era PAs in space 52 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:30,283 partners and across 29 states 53 00:02:30,350 --> 00:02:32,352 and 14 countries. 54 00:02:32,418 --> 00:02:33,820 A lot of people went into making 55 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:35,788 this possible and to give you an 56 00:02:35,855 --> 00:02:38,858 update, status, we completed INT 57 00:02:38,925 --> 00:02:40,693 in Southern California back in 58 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,096 the Summer and we pushed the 59 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:45,665 boat from late September and it 60 00:02:45,732 --> 00:02:50,470 arrived in October 12. 61 00:02:50,537 --> 00:02:54,674 Since then it is getting ready 62 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:59,112 in parallel we are processing an 63 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:00,513 area on five rocket getting 64 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:04,117 ready and in the few days we 65 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:06,119 will move over to the 66 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:16,362 integration facility. 67 00:03:16,429 --> 00:03:18,131 This is not the end, right after 68 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:22,435 launch in Baltimore will take 69 00:03:22,502 --> 00:03:24,571 over her operations and we have 70 00:03:24,637 --> 00:03:25,738 about six months of 71 00:03:25,805 --> 00:03:26,739 commissioning to get the 72 00:03:26,806 --> 00:03:29,642 spacecraft ready for those first 73 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:31,644 two big images we spoke a lot 74 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:34,280 about from the scientists. 75 00:03:34,347 --> 00:03:35,915 I am looking forward to this and 76 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:38,084 we are getting very very close. 77 00:03:38,151 --> 00:03:40,853 Stay tuned and I am extremely 78 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,223 extremely amazed. 79 00:03:43,289 --> 00:03:44,624 >> it is so wonderful to have 80 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:45,525 you here thank you for joining 81 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:47,260 us today. 82 00:03:47,327 --> 00:03:50,663 >> obviously the game -- 83 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,265 obviously this represents 84 00:03:52,332 --> 00:03:53,466 thousands of people who work on 85 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:55,034 this mission for a long time but 86 00:03:55,101 --> 00:03:56,603 if one person had to be the 87 00:03:56,669 --> 00:03:59,672 parent, the father of this would 88 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:02,342 be my next thing Jon Mather, 89 00:04:02,408 --> 00:04:03,810 Jon, thank you for joining us 90 00:04:03,876 --> 00:04:04,978 today. 91 00:04:05,044 --> 00:04:07,547 >> I am smiling inside my mask. 92 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:09,983 I am proud to be here as one of 93 00:04:10,049 --> 00:04:12,118 the many fathers and mothers of 94 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:13,653 this telescope. 95 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,455 Do you know that this telescope 96 00:04:15,521 --> 00:04:18,291 is so powerful that if weighing 97 00:04:18,358 --> 00:04:21,394 240,000 -- 240,000 miles away 98 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:22,262 this is the distance of the 99 00:04:22,328 --> 00:04:23,896 earth and the moon and we would 100 00:04:23,963 --> 00:04:26,866 be able to see not if you're on 101 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:27,934 the moon but the distance of the 102 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:29,002 moon. 103 00:04:29,068 --> 00:04:30,103 What will he do with this? 104 00:04:30,169 --> 00:04:31,871 Look at everything there is in 105 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:33,840 the universe that we can say. 106 00:04:33,906 --> 00:04:35,241 We want to know how we got here 107 00:04:35,308 --> 00:04:37,043 from the Big Bang, how does that 108 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:38,011 work? 109 00:04:38,077 --> 00:04:40,480 And so look P Eric we have ideas 110 00:04:40,546 --> 00:04:42,081 we have predictions but we do 111 00:04:42,148 --> 00:04:45,985 not so the way we think it is is 112 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:51,691 that the universe is expanding. 113 00:04:51,758 --> 00:04:53,526 The speed is proportional to the 114 00:04:53,593 --> 00:04:56,262 distance and then you divide it 115 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:57,297 and you get the age of the 116 00:04:57,363 --> 00:04:59,499 universe about 13.5 million 117 00:04:59,565 --> 00:04:59,966 years. 118 00:05:00,033 --> 00:05:00,600 What happened to that? 119 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:03,436 We think the early universe 120 00:05:03,503 --> 00:05:04,971 before they were galaxies and 121 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:07,206 stars and planets was very hot 122 00:05:07,273 --> 00:05:09,442 and dense and it was a little 123 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:11,311 bit lumpy which how would you 124 00:05:11,377 --> 00:05:11,611 know that? 125 00:05:11,678 --> 00:05:14,447 NASA launched the satellite 126 00:05:14,514 --> 00:05:16,316 background explore on this day 127 00:05:16,382 --> 00:05:19,218 32 years ago and we measured and 128 00:05:19,285 --> 00:05:21,254 sought not only is the Big Bang 129 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:23,189 story right but it has a 130 00:05:23,256 --> 00:05:25,258 primordial -- primordial see 131 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:26,225 that would grow up to become 132 00:05:26,292 --> 00:05:28,428 galaxies so we know the story is 133 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:30,096 probably right and now we have 134 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:31,998 movies that we can show that 135 00:05:32,065 --> 00:05:33,066 shows you what the computer 136 00:05:33,132 --> 00:05:34,734 thinks may have happened if this 137 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:36,436 is the correct story. 138 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:38,171 That is our idea and now we do 139 00:05:38,237 --> 00:05:39,672 want to check it by observing 140 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:41,474 everything we can. 141 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:42,842 What we think happened in the 142 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:45,445 early times, small galaxies were 143 00:05:45,511 --> 00:05:48,981 formed very the gravitational 144 00:05:49,048 --> 00:05:51,084 forces pulled it together and 145 00:05:51,150 --> 00:05:52,218 they collided with each other 146 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:53,986 and got bigger and bigger than 147 00:05:54,053 --> 00:05:55,321 the galaxies merged with each 148 00:05:55,388 --> 00:05:57,790 other and that happened and 149 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:58,925 there was a black hole in the 150 00:05:58,991 --> 00:06:00,626 middle and they already merge 151 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:02,061 together as well and that's one 152 00:06:02,128 --> 00:06:04,130 of our big questions wear the 153 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:07,266 holes come from and then the 154 00:06:07,333 --> 00:06:09,035 universe continues to expand in 155 00:06:09,102 --> 00:06:10,937 the galaxies rush apart and we 156 00:06:11,003 --> 00:06:12,305 are here wondering how did this 157 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:12,739 all happen? 158 00:06:12,805 --> 00:06:14,807 And so we do want to look at 159 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:16,409 those first galaxies growing and 160 00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:20,313 we also want to look at clouds 161 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:23,216 of growing -- glowing gas and 162 00:06:23,282 --> 00:06:25,084 dust so it's beautiful to look 163 00:06:25,151 --> 00:06:26,753 at and astronomers will say, 164 00:06:26,819 --> 00:06:28,988 well, what is inside? 165 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:30,156 So we look at them and they are 166 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:36,195 dark with dark areas of dust. 167 00:06:36,262 --> 00:06:38,564 But, we can see them with 168 00:06:38,631 --> 00:06:40,533 infrared, infrared light will go 169 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,034 around the dust instead of 170 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:43,803 bouncing off and so we can see 171 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:45,705 that with the web telescope 172 00:06:45,772 --> 00:06:47,206 that's one of our top goal is to 173 00:06:47,273 --> 00:06:48,875 see how stars grow with their 174 00:06:48,941 --> 00:06:50,410 young planets. 175 00:06:50,476 --> 00:06:52,311 That is what we will do. 176 00:06:52,378 --> 00:06:54,046 We will look at the Soler system 177 00:06:54,113 --> 00:06:58,985 as well. 178 00:06:59,051 --> 00:07:00,319 Excuse me that was the wrong 179 00:07:00,386 --> 00:07:03,790 word. 180 00:07:03,856 --> 00:07:04,891 We will look at these various 181 00:07:04,957 --> 00:07:07,794 instruments excuse me, I will 182 00:07:07,860 --> 00:07:09,429 see the wavelength range where 183 00:07:09,495 --> 00:07:12,265 we want to show how the web 184 00:07:12,331 --> 00:07:13,800 telescope fits in between the 185 00:07:13,866 --> 00:07:14,834 different instruments that we 186 00:07:14,901 --> 00:07:17,437 had before. 187 00:07:17,503 --> 00:07:18,805 We have different kind of lights 188 00:07:18,871 --> 00:07:21,107 -- light waves on the picture 189 00:07:21,174 --> 00:07:23,042 the Hubble telescope observes 190 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:24,444 the light as you can see it 191 00:07:24,510 --> 00:07:25,945 observes ultraviolet which will 192 00:07:26,012 --> 00:07:27,513 give you a sunburnt and give you 193 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:28,981 a little bit of infrared but the 194 00:07:29,048 --> 00:07:30,783 web telescope goes next it 195 00:07:30,850 --> 00:07:33,152 observes the wavelength that you 196 00:07:33,219 --> 00:07:34,387 can see see that it goes all the 197 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:36,622 way out to infrared 28 microns 198 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:37,857 wavelength which you cannot see 199 00:07:37,924 --> 00:07:39,859 it all and then it complements 200 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:41,961 this space telescope that has 201 00:07:42,028 --> 00:07:43,262 been up there for a long time 202 00:07:43,329 --> 00:07:44,630 and has now finished the job and 203 00:07:44,697 --> 00:07:45,765 it went down to even a longer 204 00:07:45,832 --> 00:07:46,933 wavelength. 205 00:07:46,999 --> 00:07:49,569 That is what we and what we are 206 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:51,037 working with. 207 00:07:51,103 --> 00:07:53,072 We will look at all the objects 208 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:55,675 in the Soler system, the objects 209 00:07:55,741 --> 00:07:57,176 in the Soler system beginning 210 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:58,945 with Mars and going all the way 211 00:07:59,011 --> 00:08:01,414 out and so if you look -- we 212 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:02,482 should not look at it closer to 213 00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:03,649 the sun because the telescope 214 00:08:03,716 --> 00:08:05,518 would get too hot but we can 215 00:08:05,585 --> 00:08:06,953 look at Mars and it's moving of 216 00:08:07,019 --> 00:08:08,120 course we have to be able to 217 00:08:08,187 --> 00:08:10,289 track a moving object looking at 218 00:08:10,356 --> 00:08:13,793 monitors and the orbit around 219 00:08:13,860 --> 00:08:16,095 Jupiter and Europa has an ocean 220 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:17,563 covered with ice and we know 221 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:19,131 that because we sent a satellite 222 00:08:19,198 --> 00:08:20,433 to probe it. 223 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,201 And in between the blocks of ice 224 00:08:22,268 --> 00:08:24,136 there are waters that come out 225 00:08:24,203 --> 00:08:25,705 and we will send a mission out 226 00:08:25,771 --> 00:08:26,973 there to fly through the water 227 00:08:27,039 --> 00:08:28,508 jets to see what is the ocean 228 00:08:28,574 --> 00:08:30,476 like maybe it has molecules in 229 00:08:30,543 --> 00:08:34,013 it, may be it has signs of life, 230 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,381 that will be interesting. 231 00:08:35,448 --> 00:08:37,350 We will look at Titan which is a 232 00:08:37,416 --> 00:08:40,253 cold large satellite of Saturn. 233 00:08:40,319 --> 00:08:42,588 It is so cold that it is able to 234 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:46,058 hold a liquid oceans of methane. 235 00:08:46,125 --> 00:08:48,294 And it has clouds and rain and 236 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,429 rivers and lakes and we are 237 00:08:50,496 --> 00:08:52,532 sending it out there with a 238 00:08:52,598 --> 00:08:54,300 helicopter to fly around and 239 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:55,568 explore. 240 00:08:55,635 --> 00:08:56,702 We will look at all of these 241 00:08:56,769 --> 00:08:59,138 things way out there, everything 242 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:00,973 from the most distant galaxies 243 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,308 in the first galaxies in the 244 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:04,577 early universe to everything at 245 00:09:04,644 --> 00:09:07,847 home and we will look at this 246 00:09:07,914 --> 00:09:10,516 planet around another star. 247 00:09:10,583 --> 00:09:12,318 It's hard to see them but once 248 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:13,452 in a while a planet will go in 249 00:09:13,519 --> 00:09:15,187 front of it star the star will 250 00:09:15,254 --> 00:09:16,689 blink a little bit and you can 251 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:18,291 say okay I know there is a 252 00:09:18,357 --> 00:09:19,725 planet there. 253 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:21,527 Our special capability here is 254 00:09:21,594 --> 00:09:23,029 some of the starlight will go to 255 00:09:23,095 --> 00:09:24,764 the atmosphere of the planet on 256 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:26,198 the way to our telescope and we 257 00:09:26,265 --> 00:09:28,000 can analyze the atmosphere and 258 00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:29,502 say what is in it? 259 00:09:29,569 --> 00:09:31,070 Molecules are very kind and 260 00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:32,538 especially water which is 261 00:09:32,605 --> 00:09:33,940 interesting. 262 00:09:34,006 --> 00:09:37,643 There is a wet planet out, we 263 00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:38,844 have all the other four 264 00:09:38,911 --> 00:09:40,279 instruments to examine all these 265 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:42,748 things there is a near red 266 00:09:42,815 --> 00:09:44,717 camera that comes from the U.S., 267 00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:46,452 there is a infrared spectrograph 268 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:47,820 that's mostly from Europe with 269 00:09:47,887 --> 00:09:49,488 some United States parts and 270 00:09:49,555 --> 00:09:50,756 there is a mid infrared 271 00:09:50,823 --> 00:09:52,158 instrument a partnership between 272 00:09:52,224 --> 00:09:53,759 Europe and the United States, 273 00:09:53,826 --> 00:09:58,764 and there is far infrared -- 274 00:09:58,831 --> 00:10:00,499 near infrared spectrum from 275 00:10:00,566 --> 00:10:03,135 Canada along with the fine bed 276 00:10:03,202 --> 00:10:04,604 detector to make sure we will 277 00:10:04,670 --> 00:10:06,606 get sharp picture, all of these 278 00:10:06,672 --> 00:10:08,374 are complete and working and in 279 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:11,544 the observatory ready to fly. 280 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:12,912 If you think about what you will 281 00:10:12,979 --> 00:10:16,882 see with them. 282 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:18,317 >> it is an honor to have you 283 00:10:18,384 --> 00:10:20,886 here today. 284 00:10:20,953 --> 00:10:22,888 For our next guest, it is 285 00:10:22,955 --> 00:10:24,023 important to remember that this 286 00:10:24,090 --> 00:10:24,824 mission has been an 287 00:10:24,890 --> 00:10:26,058 international partnership from 288 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:27,793 the beginning and so represented 289 00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:29,462 the European space agency I am 290 00:10:29,528 --> 00:10:30,930 pleased to have with me 291 00:10:30,997 --> 00:10:34,233 Antonella's. 292 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:36,302 Tell us about the European space 293 00:10:36,369 --> 00:10:38,604 agency contribution to this. 294 00:10:38,671 --> 00:10:40,206 >> it is a pleasure to be here I 295 00:10:40,272 --> 00:10:43,009 want to tell are absolutely 296 00:10:43,075 --> 00:10:44,543 thrilled to be part of this 297 00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:47,346 magnificent mission with NASA 298 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:49,749 and the Canadian space agency. 299 00:10:49,815 --> 00:10:51,183 It is and an international 300 00:10:51,250 --> 00:10:53,219 partnership over decades of work 301 00:10:53,285 --> 00:10:54,654 on the Hubble space telescope 302 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,390 and we are positive that there 303 00:10:57,456 --> 00:10:58,858 will be future collaborations in 304 00:10:58,924 --> 00:11:00,092 the future because that is the 305 00:11:00,159 --> 00:11:02,028 only way to do these big big and 306 00:11:02,094 --> 00:11:04,230 vicious missions like this. 307 00:11:04,296 --> 00:11:07,333 The contribution to the 308 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,935 providing mission are threefold, 309 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:11,771 first is a launcher, the 310 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:14,106 unidentified rocket which is 311 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:17,276 from the European space team and 312 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:19,979 if we then deliver this powerful 313 00:11:20,046 --> 00:11:22,548 telescope to the start of the 314 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:24,517 journey to explore the universe 315 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:26,686 and and the contribution is 316 00:11:26,752 --> 00:11:27,787 immense. 317 00:11:27,853 --> 00:11:33,259 The new year's back. 318 00:11:33,325 --> 00:11:35,494 Talking about five for just one 319 00:11:35,561 --> 00:11:37,630 more second, the five is 320 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,865 actually an impressive rocket it 321 00:11:39,932 --> 00:11:41,500 is powerful. 322 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:42,702 It's been in operation since 323 00:11:42,768 --> 00:11:45,705 1996 and it has more than 100 324 00:11:45,771 --> 00:11:50,776 successful launches including -- 325 00:11:50,843 --> 00:11:52,445 coming back to the instrument, 326 00:11:52,511 --> 00:11:54,313 what kind of science that the 327 00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:55,948 instrument used? 328 00:11:56,015 --> 00:11:56,849 Before we talk about the 329 00:11:56,916 --> 00:11:58,417 science, I think it is important 330 00:11:58,484 --> 00:12:04,957 to remember that we will of 331 00:12:05,024 --> 00:12:07,026 course take beautiful images but 332 00:12:07,093 --> 00:12:11,430 spectra will be the sign why? 333 00:12:11,497 --> 00:12:14,500 Because Spectra is what tell us 334 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:18,037 us what materials are made of. 335 00:12:18,104 --> 00:12:20,206 Why the images are beautiful and 336 00:12:20,272 --> 00:12:22,441 spectacular but they tell us the 337 00:12:22,508 --> 00:12:24,043 morphologies and with the object 338 00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:25,945 looks like but astronomers want 339 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:27,446 to know the composition and so 340 00:12:27,513 --> 00:12:29,582 to do that they need to split 341 00:12:29,648 --> 00:12:33,252 the line and its components like 342 00:12:33,319 --> 00:12:35,921 this it does exactly that, rain 343 00:12:35,988 --> 00:12:38,524 droplets split the sunlight and 344 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,159 its colors we see a rainbow 345 00:12:40,226 --> 00:12:42,595 after the thunderstorm. 346 00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:45,898 The spectrograph will produce 347 00:12:45,965 --> 00:12:48,901 the spectacular information to 348 00:12:48,968 --> 00:12:53,239 use because while an image is 349 00:12:53,305 --> 00:12:55,107 worth a thousand words like we 350 00:12:55,174 --> 00:12:57,843 say spectra for anonymous others 351 00:12:57,910 --> 00:12:59,078 that are astronomers is worth a 352 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:00,613 thousand images, what kind of 353 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:06,619 objects with a -- what kind of 354 00:13:06,685 --> 00:13:08,354 objects will they observe? 355 00:13:08,420 --> 00:13:11,457 >> 40 percent of the time during 356 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:13,759 the first cycle and we look at 357 00:13:13,826 --> 00:13:16,395 one of the things for sure and 358 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:18,063 that is the distance of the 359 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:19,765 universe. 360 00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:23,002 If you remember if you remember 361 00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:25,638 the same the same galaxies then 362 00:13:25,704 --> 00:13:27,873 they can take spectra from them 363 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:29,508 and because of the innovative 364 00:13:29,575 --> 00:13:31,343 design we will be able to take 365 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:33,279 hundreds of spectra at the same 366 00:13:33,345 --> 00:13:35,614 time in one single exposure 367 00:13:35,681 --> 00:13:38,150 extremely efficient and so we 368 00:13:38,217 --> 00:13:39,752 can't wait to see the first 369 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:42,922 spectra of the median for the 370 00:13:42,988 --> 00:13:46,025 camera spectra will look through 371 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:48,994 them the dark and well, for 372 00:13:49,061 --> 00:13:52,431 example, see the emerging stars, 373 00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:53,666 one of the key questions in 374 00:13:53,732 --> 00:13:55,835 astronomy is still, how do stars 375 00:13:55,901 --> 00:13:59,305 farm -- form? 376 00:13:59,371 --> 00:14:00,539 And we will be able to observe 377 00:14:00,606 --> 00:14:02,274 baby stars as they observe their 378 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:04,176 cocoon the first million years 379 00:14:04,243 --> 00:14:06,078 of their lives like for example, 380 00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:12,117 in like this you can see still 381 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:13,552 but we know there are thousands 382 00:14:13,619 --> 00:14:14,787 and thousands of baby stars 383 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:17,156 there we just cannot see them. 384 00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:19,124 And finally, I want to conclude 385 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:21,393 saying that the European 386 00:14:21,460 --> 00:14:24,830 community is extremely engaged 387 00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:27,600 and committed and ready to go. 388 00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:29,401 We are just waiting. 389 00:14:29,468 --> 00:14:31,170 If we look at the map of Europe 390 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:33,706 every single thought is an 391 00:14:33,772 --> 00:14:35,741 institution or center that has 392 00:14:35,808 --> 00:14:38,844 played a role in this and so web 393 00:14:38,911 --> 00:14:41,046 is pretty much in every single 394 00:14:41,113 --> 00:14:44,817 one and seven we collectively do 395 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:47,052 a countdown to gather and count 396 00:14:47,119 --> 00:14:48,454 -- and we cannot wait to see the 397 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,222 first picture. 398 00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:52,291 >> thank you for joining us I'm 399 00:14:52,358 --> 00:14:53,559 glad to know that all of our 400 00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:54,760 European friends are waiting for 401 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:56,495 the launch as well. 402 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:58,063 >> keeping on the theme of 403 00:14:58,130 --> 00:14:59,565 international collaboration for 404 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:01,433 the space telescope, joining us 405 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:03,369 now from Montréal Sarah 406 00:15:03,435 --> 00:15:05,271 Gallagher represented the 407 00:15:05,337 --> 00:15:06,972 Canadian space agency. 408 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:08,507 Sarah, it's excellent to have 409 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:09,742 you here today tell us about 410 00:15:09,808 --> 00:15:11,043 Canada's involvement in web 411 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:12,678 telescope. 412 00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:14,446 >> thank you Michelle, I am 413 00:15:14,513 --> 00:15:16,115 delighted to be here and we so 414 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:17,283 proud to be a partner for this 415 00:15:17,349 --> 00:15:18,817 exciting mission. 416 00:15:18,884 --> 00:15:20,052 As we have heard Kennedy is 417 00:15:20,119 --> 00:15:21,186 contributing to important 418 00:15:21,253 --> 00:15:23,656 elements to the web telescope, 419 00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:28,193 the fine spectrograph which we 420 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:30,863 effectually call Nero and these 421 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:32,431 two instruments are combined 422 00:15:32,498 --> 00:15:33,899 into a single structure within 423 00:15:33,966 --> 00:15:36,068 the telescope pair these two 424 00:15:36,135 --> 00:15:37,937 contribution showcase our 425 00:15:38,003 --> 00:15:39,772 excellent industrial capacity to 426 00:15:39,838 --> 00:15:42,241 support this astronomy. 427 00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:43,976 The fine guidance Center will be 428 00:15:44,043 --> 00:15:45,911 used between all scientific 429 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:47,413 observations used by web by 430 00:15:47,479 --> 00:15:48,414 using the star field to 431 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,282 determine exactly where the 432 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:52,151 telescope is looking the system 433 00:15:52,217 --> 00:15:54,153 will enable what is needed to 434 00:15:54,219 --> 00:15:55,888 give us the exquisite images 435 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,089 that we are still looking for 436 00:15:57,156 --> 00:15:58,290 retail. 437 00:15:58,357 --> 00:15:59,491 Of the Canadian astronomy 438 00:15:59,558 --> 00:16:01,827 community is so excited and 439 00:16:01,894 --> 00:16:03,762 fully engaged in the opportunity 440 00:16:03,829 --> 00:16:05,864 afforded by our participation in 441 00:16:05,931 --> 00:16:07,633 the web telescope and we have 442 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,201 plans of lots of exciting 443 00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:10,869 exploration. 444 00:16:10,936 --> 00:16:12,271 Some of the first studies will 445 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:13,839 include observations in the 446 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:17,443 region around the stars to study 447 00:16:17,509 --> 00:16:19,144 how the powerhouses affect their 448 00:16:19,211 --> 00:16:21,013 environment and the studies will 449 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,282 happen early in the observing 450 00:16:23,349 --> 00:16:25,017 plan with some of the early 451 00:16:25,084 --> 00:16:27,119 science observations. 452 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:28,687 As we get closer to launch we 453 00:16:28,754 --> 00:16:30,422 feel a growing enthusiasm in the 454 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:32,124 community for the science that 455 00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:33,759 is coming the interest in our 456 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,461 community is broad and touches 457 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:37,062 on a huge variety of research 458 00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:39,231 topics and astronomy this 459 00:16:39,298 --> 00:16:41,367 includes a detailed examinations 460 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:43,435 of planets, the world around 461 00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:45,270 other stars, the search for the 462 00:16:45,337 --> 00:16:46,438 first life sources in the 463 00:16:46,505 --> 00:16:48,574 universe, the formation and 464 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:50,576 evolution of galaxies, the the 465 00:16:50,642 --> 00:16:52,578 life cycles of stars, and the 466 00:16:52,644 --> 00:16:54,680 studies of small bodies such as 467 00:16:54,747 --> 00:16:56,348 asteroids and comets and their 468 00:16:56,415 --> 00:16:58,017 own Soler system. 469 00:16:58,083 --> 00:16:59,852 In fact a Canadian team will 470 00:16:59,918 --> 00:17:01,420 focus their studies on the 471 00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:03,288 atmosphere to determine the 472 00:17:03,355 --> 00:17:05,624 composition of temperatures. 473 00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:06,792 Some of the research team's 474 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:10,429 targets are rocky planets like, 475 00:17:10,496 --> 00:17:11,930 the team hopes to make the very 476 00:17:11,997 --> 00:17:13,999 first detection of an atmosphere 477 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:15,601 on such a planet this could give 478 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:17,069 us clues as to whether or not 479 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:19,304 the planets are habitable. 480 00:17:19,371 --> 00:17:22,841 Looking toward the farthest back 481 00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:25,010 in time another Canadian team 482 00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:26,311 was that some of the first 483 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:28,881 galaxies ever formed galaxies 484 00:17:28,947 --> 00:17:31,383 gathered in clusters they will 485 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:33,052 collect images from these 486 00:17:33,118 --> 00:17:34,753 galaxies at different times over 487 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:36,355 the history of the universe to 488 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:38,257 help us better understand how 489 00:17:38,323 --> 00:17:40,659 galaxies evolve over time. 490 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:41,894 These two programs I just 491 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,796 described both use the Canadian 492 00:17:43,862 --> 00:17:46,732 built web the instrument your. 493 00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:48,267 Were also very pleased and so 494 00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:49,535 proud of the excellent 495 00:17:49,601 --> 00:17:51,303 scientific leadership shown by 496 00:17:51,370 --> 00:17:52,471 early career Canadian 497 00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:53,872 astronomy's who are meeting at 498 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:55,841 many of these project -- leading 499 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,009 many of these projects are in 500 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:58,277 the first cycle of observation 501 00:17:58,343 --> 00:17:59,244 this interest from the next 502 00:17:59,311 --> 00:18:00,512 generation it shows the vibrancy 503 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:02,114 of our community there were will 504 00:18:02,181 --> 00:18:03,649 help discover other worlds, 505 00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:04,783 learn more about the lifecycle 506 00:18:04,850 --> 00:18:06,251 of the stars and point picture 507 00:18:06,318 --> 00:18:07,586 of the early universe and 508 00:18:07,653 --> 00:18:09,221 galaxies. 509 00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:10,489 We are truly looking forward to 510 00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:12,424 this new era in space astronomy 511 00:18:12,491 --> 00:18:18,130 and we cannot wait to get 512 00:18:18,197 --> 00:18:19,231 started. 513 00:18:19,298 --> 00:18:21,467 >> for our next gum guest, one 514 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:26,538 of the in the telescope family 515 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:31,176 is close -- Clouse. 516 00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:33,579 Tell about the involvement and 517 00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:35,114 your involvement with James 518 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:36,148 Webb. 519 00:18:36,215 --> 00:18:38,150 >> as we have heard we about to 520 00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:39,918 go on this amazing journey of 521 00:18:39,985 --> 00:18:41,854 discovery and we really mean 522 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,456 discovery because web has a raw 523 00:18:44,523 --> 00:18:46,992 power to reveal the unexpected 524 00:18:47,059 --> 00:18:49,094 and we can plan what we think we 525 00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:50,229 will save it at the end of the 526 00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:52,164 day we know that nature will 527 00:18:52,231 --> 00:18:54,266 surprise us more often than not 528 00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:56,568 and so this new scientific 529 00:18:56,635 --> 00:18:58,570 territory we call discovery 530 00:18:58,637 --> 00:19:02,508 space and web being a flagship 531 00:19:02,574 --> 00:19:05,878 mission is able to unravel this 532 00:19:05,944 --> 00:19:07,913 discovery space in the way you 533 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,415 do that is you have new 534 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:12,651 capabilities, new technological 535 00:19:12,718 --> 00:19:14,720 capabilities and Webb does have 536 00:19:14,786 --> 00:19:17,256 that in abundance, for example, 537 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:19,258 Webb will be able to see in the 538 00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:22,227 infrared phenomenal of stars, 539 00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:23,996 galaxies that are 100 times 540 00:19:24,062 --> 00:19:26,031 fainter than what was previously 541 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:28,133 possible and so we just cannot 542 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,902 predict what is there and we 543 00:19:29,968 --> 00:19:31,970 sort of do know how this goes 544 00:19:32,037 --> 00:19:33,805 because we can look back to the 545 00:19:33,872 --> 00:19:38,944 Hubble space when Hubble was 546 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:41,813 launched in 1990 we had not 547 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:43,749 discovered dark energy which is 548 00:19:43,815 --> 00:19:45,284 is a mysterious force that 549 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:48,353 pushes the universe apart but 550 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:50,756 Hubble did discover that. 551 00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:52,124 We did not know of any ask a 552 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:54,159 planet in existence but today we 553 00:19:54,226 --> 00:19:56,295 know thousands of XO planets and 554 00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:57,863 the most specific discovery as 555 00:19:57,930 --> 00:19:59,731 well for example is Hubble 556 00:19:59,798 --> 00:20:01,466 discovered two new moons of 557 00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:03,068 Keuchel that could help the new 558 00:20:03,135 --> 00:20:06,138 horizons probe who visited that 559 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:07,773 world a few years ago and we 560 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:09,274 think Webb will be no different 561 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:10,976 in that sense. 562 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:14,947 There are almost 400 individual 563 00:20:15,013 --> 00:20:16,715 investigations already lined up 564 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:18,784 for the first year of science in 565 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:19,818 these investigations 566 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:20,986 representing thousands of 567 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:22,588 scientists from all over the 568 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:24,189 world. 569 00:20:24,256 --> 00:20:26,992 And some of those programs will 570 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,894 address questions that we did 571 00:20:28,961 --> 00:20:31,663 not know we had when Webb was 572 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,565 first designed but it has the 573 00:20:33,632 --> 00:20:35,234 power to address them for 574 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:37,769 example, Webb will look at 575 00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:39,538 colliding neutron stars like 576 00:20:39,605 --> 00:20:41,073 these aquatic cataclysmic 577 00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:43,375 collisions in the debris field 578 00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:45,010 that they create we think it 579 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:46,878 creates some of the heavy 580 00:20:46,945 --> 00:20:49,348 elements in the universe, some 581 00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:51,583 of the heavy metals most 582 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:54,820 prominently gold including the 583 00:20:54,886 --> 00:20:57,522 gold that is covering the web 584 00:20:57,589 --> 00:20:59,124 itself. 585 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:00,626 It will look at the lava planet 586 00:21:00,692 --> 00:21:02,060 where we think it might rain 587 00:21:02,127 --> 00:21:04,062 lava and this will determine 588 00:21:04,129 --> 00:21:05,697 whether that's really true and 589 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:08,333 finally, it will look at a new 590 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,636 phenomenon that is interstellar, 591 00:21:10,702 --> 00:21:12,571 it. 592 00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:14,973 So bodies or other Soler systems 593 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:16,675 that at one point in the pass 594 00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:19,211 rejected travel to the universe 595 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,713 4 billion years but for a brief 596 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:23,282 moment they come through our 597 00:21:23,348 --> 00:21:26,451 Soler system and web is able to 598 00:21:26,518 --> 00:21:27,786 quickly point at them and 599 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:29,354 understand what they are made of 600 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:31,390 to tell us if other Soler 601 00:21:31,456 --> 00:21:33,091 systems are made up of the same 602 00:21:33,158 --> 00:21:35,394 materials that our own earth and 603 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:38,730 sun are and so we think Webb 604 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:40,866 will probably also reveal new 605 00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:42,134 questions for the future 606 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,538 generations some of whom may not 607 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:49,775 even be born yet. 608 00:21:49,841 --> 00:21:52,678 >> Thank you for joining us. 609 00:21:52,744 --> 00:21:53,945 For the last guest today we have 610 00:21:54,012 --> 00:21:56,615 Amber who is the deputy project 611 00:21:56,682 --> 00:21:58,016 scientist for communications 612 00:21:58,083 --> 00:21:59,584 here at NASA Goddard space 613 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:01,053 flight Center and you're one of 614 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:02,354 my absolute favorite story 615 00:22:02,421 --> 00:22:03,789 tenant Dallas tellers and 616 00:22:03,855 --> 00:22:06,091 astrophysicists and you see this 617 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,659 as an incredible narrative about 618 00:22:07,726 --> 00:22:08,760 our place in the universe is 619 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:10,195 that correct? 620 00:22:10,262 --> 00:22:11,463 >> absolutely. 621 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:13,231 My own area of research is how 622 00:22:13,298 --> 00:22:15,334 galaxies change over time and 623 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,804 how they form their stars and 624 00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:19,771 there is a lot about this 625 00:22:19,838 --> 00:22:21,239 overall process that we still 626 00:22:21,306 --> 00:22:23,141 don't understand what we do know 627 00:22:23,208 --> 00:22:24,943 that very distant galaxies are 628 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:26,912 much different then nearby 629 00:22:26,978 --> 00:22:28,680 galaxies. 630 00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:30,248 But we are kind of missing a 631 00:22:30,315 --> 00:22:31,416 piece of the puzzle that we have 632 00:22:31,483 --> 00:22:33,585 not yet seen the very early 633 00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:36,788 galaxies. 634 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:39,124 We have 13.8 billion your story 635 00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:41,193 in the universe and we are 636 00:22:41,259 --> 00:22:45,597 missing these few key paragraphs 637 00:22:45,664 --> 00:22:46,865 in the very first chapter of the 638 00:22:46,932 --> 00:22:49,468 story. 639 00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:51,403 What we are trying to do here is 640 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:53,171 figure out how to put all the 641 00:22:53,238 --> 00:22:55,207 pieces of the story together and 642 00:22:55,273 --> 00:22:56,341 learn more about the hole 643 00:22:56,408 --> 00:23:00,579 process and this was designed to 644 00:23:00,645 --> 00:23:02,114 help us find the first galaxies 645 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:03,215 and of course course galaxies 646 00:23:03,281 --> 00:23:05,250 are the homes of stars, and 647 00:23:05,317 --> 00:23:06,785 stars of the homes of planets 648 00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:08,086 and planets are the cradles of 649 00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:13,358 life and this our next big step 650 00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:15,160 in our search for potentially 651 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:16,762 habitable planets other than our 652 00:23:16,828 --> 00:23:20,332 own which is very exciting. 653 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,367 This was designed to answer some 654 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:23,602 of the biggest questions that we 655 00:23:23,668 --> 00:23:25,804 have in astronomy today and one 656 00:23:25,871 --> 00:23:26,805 of my favorite things about 657 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:28,607 astronomy in general is that it 658 00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:30,108 really doesn't get right down to 659 00:23:30,175 --> 00:23:31,943 our big questions where we come 660 00:23:32,010 --> 00:23:32,811 from? 661 00:23:32,878 --> 00:23:34,179 How do we get here? 662 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:34,813 Are we alone? 663 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,149 And these questions are more 664 00:23:37,215 --> 00:23:39,451 than just our science questions 665 00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:41,119 they are questions that get to 666 00:23:41,186 --> 00:23:42,154 the heart of what it means to be 667 00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:44,856 human and Clouse mentioned it 668 00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:47,125 exciting prospect of may be we 669 00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:48,427 will find things that are 670 00:23:48,493 --> 00:23:50,228 unexpected and to me that is the 671 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:52,097 most exciting part of this hole 672 00:23:52,164 --> 00:23:54,399 mission this idea that there are 673 00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:55,467 surprises that they in the 674 00:23:55,534 --> 00:23:57,035 universe and I think we will 675 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,670 find them, it happens every 676 00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:00,739 single time we launch a big bold 677 00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:03,642 telescope into space and this is 678 00:24:03,708 --> 00:24:05,610 the biggest yet. 679 00:24:05,677 --> 00:24:06,978 >> thank you for joining us we 680 00:24:07,045 --> 00:24:09,815 will talk to you more later. 681 00:24:09,881 --> 00:24:10,849 Before he can learn about the 682 00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:11,850 origin of the universe we have 683 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:13,351 to get the Webb telescope off 684 00:24:13,418 --> 00:24:15,120 the planet and that is a job for 685 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:17,088 a big rock at one of the largest 686 00:24:17,155 --> 00:24:19,057 it's the area in five launching 687 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:20,692 from the Guiana space Center 688 00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:22,727 located in French Guiana to 689 00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:24,463 tropical facility but it's also 690 00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:28,133 a gateway to the stars this 691 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,802 presents a soundscape including 692 00:24:30,869 --> 00:24:32,437 roars of rockets and the sounds 693 00:24:32,504 --> 00:24:35,340 of tropical jungles. 694 00:24:35,407 --> 00:24:39,144 Let's let area in five lead 695 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:43,381 launchpad. 696 00:24:43,448 --> 00:24:45,083 It's here were mission managers 697 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:46,151 will not only control the 698 00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:48,286 spacecraft but also gather data 699 00:24:48,353 --> 00:24:49,788 from the telescope scientific 700 00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:51,223 instruments. 701 00:24:51,289 --> 00:24:52,457 What we will do now is take a 702 00:24:52,524 --> 00:24:54,493 quick break and reset the stage 703 00:24:54,559 --> 00:24:56,194 and take a lot of from audience 704 00:24:56,261 --> 00:24:57,796 and also from the media so if 705 00:24:57,863 --> 00:24:58,630 you want to join us with 706 00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:00,632 questions go to hashtag NASA 707 00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:02,367 Webb and we'll be back in just a 708 00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:03,935 few moments we are here at the 709 00:25:04,002 --> 00:25:06,271 Goddard space site Center please 710 00:25:06,338 --> 00:26:09,067 come join us again. 711 00:26:09,134 --> 00:26:10,735 >> welcome back. 712 00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:12,237 This is the prelaunch grieving 713 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:15,574 for the James Webb telescope. 714 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:16,875 We now have a panel of all the 715 00:26:16,942 --> 00:26:18,510 guests we heard before will tell 716 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:20,712 us about the goals of the James 717 00:26:20,779 --> 00:26:22,347 Webb space telescope and take a 718 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:23,982 lot of questions from the media 719 00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:25,450 in order to get this started I 720 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:27,118 will now ask the operator, do 721 00:26:27,185 --> 00:26:28,320 you questions in the media to 722 00:26:28,386 --> 00:26:33,858 begin with? 723 00:26:33,925 --> 00:26:35,160 >> the first one is from from 724 00:26:35,226 --> 00:26:40,165 Elizabeth Hall the line is open. 725 00:26:40,231 --> 00:26:42,567 >> among the early observation, 726 00:26:42,634 --> 00:26:44,703 the early programs, have you 727 00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:46,137 selected a onesie yet that will 728 00:26:46,204 --> 00:26:49,374 be having first or quickly after 729 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:54,713 first flight? 730 00:26:54,779 --> 00:27:02,721 >> what we do first? 731 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:04,623 >> we have planned the entire 732 00:27:04,689 --> 00:27:06,891 first year of scientific 733 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:10,428 observations in the highest 734 00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:12,130 priority things we have chosen 735 00:27:12,197 --> 00:27:13,231 some early release science 736 00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:14,432 programs that will be announced 737 00:27:14,499 --> 00:27:15,433 immediately after they are 738 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:17,168 observed so we will give the 739 00:27:17,235 --> 00:27:18,570 data as soon as we have it for 740 00:27:18,637 --> 00:27:22,340 those great patrons. 741 00:27:22,407 --> 00:27:24,075 And they cover a wide range of 742 00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:25,210 topics all the way from the 743 00:27:25,276 --> 00:27:29,914 Soler system to the lack hole -- 744 00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:31,449 black hole, everything. 745 00:27:31,516 --> 00:27:34,352 >> is that answer >> yes it 746 00:27:34,419 --> 00:27:43,361 does. 747 00:27:43,428 --> 00:27:44,462 He could answer the question 748 00:27:44,529 --> 00:27:49,734 from the phone line that. 749 00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:51,236 The next deck -- the next 750 00:27:51,302 --> 00:27:52,437 question is from Stephen Clark 751 00:27:52,504 --> 00:28:00,979 here line is open. 752 00:28:01,046 --> 00:28:12,323 >> I have a follow-up question. 753 00:28:12,390 --> 00:28:13,792 When will the first images be 754 00:28:13,858 --> 00:28:15,927 released? 755 00:28:15,994 --> 00:28:17,128 Will the public be able to see 756 00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:20,932 the images? 757 00:28:20,999 --> 00:28:27,305 During the imaging process I saw 758 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:28,440 a list of the early science 759 00:28:28,506 --> 00:28:34,612 programs but what will we see 760 00:28:34,679 --> 00:28:36,347 from the early observations or 761 00:28:36,414 --> 00:28:40,852 will be released as a group? 762 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:42,220 >> we have a wonderful plan for 763 00:28:42,287 --> 00:28:50,028 the early observations these are 764 00:28:50,095 --> 00:28:54,099 to at end of commissioning. 765 00:28:54,165 --> 00:28:56,267 It's about six months. 766 00:28:56,334 --> 00:28:57,102 And we get the final 767 00:28:57,168 --> 00:29:03,875 commissioning fast. 768 00:29:03,942 --> 00:29:05,343 As soon as instruments are fully 769 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:09,247 commissioned it will happen all 770 00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:11,015 the same time about six months 771 00:29:11,082 --> 00:29:16,321 pass launch. 772 00:29:16,387 --> 00:29:36,508 >> further questions? 773 00:29:36,574 --> 00:29:38,209 >> I am afraid that the speaker 774 00:29:38,276 --> 00:29:41,112 is breaking up a bit. 775 00:29:41,179 --> 00:29:41,946 I'm having trouble 776 00:29:42,013 --> 00:29:45,717 understanding. 777 00:29:45,784 --> 00:30:07,372 Please go ahead. 778 00:30:07,438 --> 00:30:09,207 I'm sorry I hurt you nodding did 779 00:30:09,274 --> 00:30:10,241 you get enough of the question 780 00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:11,342 because of the bit broken up for 781 00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:13,778 me. 782 00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:14,879 >> I did not get the hole 783 00:30:14,946 --> 00:30:16,181 question but I think I get the 784 00:30:16,247 --> 00:30:18,883 gist it is about whether there 785 00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:22,687 is a direct discretionary time 786 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:24,355 and to summarize, the 787 00:30:24,422 --> 00:30:26,391 discretionary time is time that 788 00:30:26,457 --> 00:30:31,029 is awarded by the director of 789 00:30:31,095 --> 00:30:35,567 the Institute and it is for new 790 00:30:35,633 --> 00:30:36,634 science that appears all of a 791 00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:39,938 sudden that you just must do and 792 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:41,206 if you have something like that 793 00:30:41,272 --> 00:30:44,142 in the community can propose it 794 00:30:44,209 --> 00:30:45,243 and say we have to do it right 795 00:30:45,310 --> 00:30:46,511 now we cannot wait for the next 796 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:47,846 opportunity to propose a time 797 00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:49,013 and the director can look at it 798 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,316 and say yes, we should actually 799 00:30:51,382 --> 00:30:52,984 do this. 800 00:30:53,051 --> 00:30:54,853 But it's the same with Hubble 801 00:30:54,919 --> 00:30:56,421 there is the Director's 802 00:30:56,487 --> 00:30:58,756 discretionary time progress. 803 00:30:58,823 --> 00:31:02,093 I hope answers your question. 804 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:07,332 >> let's have the next question. 805 00:31:07,398 --> 00:31:09,067 >> good morning, on with the 806 00:31:09,133 --> 00:31:13,571 Associated Press. 807 00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:15,206 I'm hoping to get a consensus 808 00:31:15,273 --> 00:31:19,611 from the group this morning, if 809 00:31:19,677 --> 00:31:21,246 the universe is 13.8 billion 810 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:23,381 years old, how close to the 811 00:31:23,448 --> 00:31:26,084 beginning is Webb actually going 812 00:31:26,150 --> 00:31:27,552 to say? 813 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:29,654 How far back to Hubble say 814 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:32,056 question and are there other 815 00:31:32,123 --> 00:31:34,759 telescope devices that have 816 00:31:34,826 --> 00:31:37,962 better records and what will it 817 00:31:38,029 --> 00:31:40,331 take to be able to look all the 818 00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:44,869 way back to the first moments of 819 00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:49,607 the universe and is it possible? 820 00:31:49,674 --> 00:31:51,209 >> Jon is the perfect person for 821 00:31:51,276 --> 00:31:52,176 that question. 822 00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:53,478 >> the first thing that we 823 00:31:53,544 --> 00:31:55,146 observe directly is the cosmic 824 00:31:55,213 --> 00:31:56,848 microwave background radiation 825 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:58,716 which is the primordial heat of 826 00:31:58,783 --> 00:32:00,351 a very earliest universe and as 827 00:32:00,418 --> 00:32:02,487 mentioned earlier it has hot and 828 00:32:02,553 --> 00:32:04,656 cold spots a bumps in it what 829 00:32:04,722 --> 00:32:05,990 you think eventually grow up to 830 00:32:06,057 --> 00:32:07,692 become stars and galaxies the 831 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:08,459 first thing you can see with the 832 00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:10,328 telescope is predicted to happen 833 00:32:10,395 --> 00:32:12,363 about 100 million years later so 834 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:16,200 that is the objective of first 835 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:18,202 galaxy search. 836 00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:19,904 We think they are out there, we 837 00:32:19,971 --> 00:32:20,939 do not know exactly what they 838 00:32:21,005 --> 00:32:22,674 will be like but we expect to 839 00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:25,777 see little inter- red dots on 840 00:32:25,843 --> 00:32:26,945 the picture that we have to 841 00:32:27,011 --> 00:32:28,546 analyze it to see is it really 842 00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:30,248 what we hope. 843 00:32:30,315 --> 00:32:33,284 It says that they are really far 844 00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:37,088 primordial from the first galaxy 845 00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:41,893 about 100 million years. 846 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:52,537 >> next question. 847 00:32:52,603 --> 00:32:59,243 >> how far out to the telescope 848 00:32:59,310 --> 00:32:59,844 need to detect the chemical in 849 00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:06,217 atmosphere of the planet? 850 00:33:06,284 --> 00:33:07,318 And also what about the 851 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:08,619 collaborative program with 852 00:33:08,686 --> 00:33:13,925 gravitational weight vectors? 853 00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:15,259 >> I think it was addressed to 854 00:33:15,326 --> 00:33:16,494 me but I think others could 855 00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:17,996 answer it better. 856 00:33:18,062 --> 00:33:19,764 We can analyze atmosphere of the 857 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:21,065 planets around other stars 858 00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:22,066 because of the starlight that 859 00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:23,801 goes through the atmosphere's. 860 00:33:23,868 --> 00:33:25,370 And so we do have a list of I 861 00:33:25,436 --> 00:33:27,271 think 65 that we will observe in 862 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:28,606 the first year and they are 863 00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:30,408 pretty close by were not looking 864 00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:31,776 way to other galaxies were 865 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:33,044 looking as closed by here 866 00:33:33,111 --> 00:33:34,212 because those are the easiest 867 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:37,382 and best for us to is that the 868 00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:38,483 main question? 869 00:33:38,549 --> 00:33:42,920 >> I do think cell -- so. 870 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:49,293 >> I can add to that yes indeed 871 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,295 there are programs that are set 872 00:33:51,362 --> 00:33:53,197 up so that when gravitational 873 00:33:53,264 --> 00:33:56,868 waves detect or see collisions 874 00:33:56,934 --> 00:33:58,903 on the neutron star called 875 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:01,272 Villanova the web will be able 876 00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:04,042 to relatively quickly go and 877 00:34:04,108 --> 00:34:06,511 look at the debris from those 878 00:34:06,577 --> 00:34:08,446 explosions and see what it's 879 00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:11,149 made of. 880 00:34:11,215 --> 00:34:13,051 There are several programs that 881 00:34:13,117 --> 00:34:19,924 do that. 882 00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:21,592 >> the next question is from 883 00:34:21,659 --> 00:34:26,097 Bill, your line is open. 884 00:34:26,164 --> 00:34:33,071 >> we are all familiar with 885 00:34:33,137 --> 00:34:36,407 imagery but what about images 886 00:34:36,474 --> 00:34:39,677 from data and how images can 887 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:41,612 compare with this, will they be 888 00:34:41,679 --> 00:34:43,781 as jaw-dropping as Hubble 889 00:34:43,848 --> 00:34:44,882 picture are from a public 890 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:47,051 standpoint? 891 00:34:47,118 --> 00:34:49,387 In the earlier question aside 892 00:34:49,454 --> 00:34:51,889 from the actual image is can we 893 00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:55,560 follow along as you guys 894 00:34:55,626 --> 00:34:57,528 mirrored is AP segments and can 895 00:34:57,595 --> 00:34:58,229 we go along with the the 896 00:34:58,296 --> 00:34:59,697 wavefront program that you guys 897 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:02,366 had in the first initial month 898 00:35:02,433 --> 00:35:03,134 people are trying to get 899 00:35:03,201 --> 00:35:04,302 everything lined up. 900 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:07,905 >> absolutely. 901 00:35:07,972 --> 00:35:10,842 >> the question about will the 902 00:35:10,908 --> 00:35:12,310 images be beautiful is a great 903 00:35:12,376 --> 00:35:13,311 one and the answers actually 904 00:35:13,377 --> 00:35:17,248 absolutely yes, this telescope 905 00:35:17,315 --> 00:35:19,550 will rival Hubble it is a 906 00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:22,220 infrared telescope and so what 907 00:35:22,286 --> 00:35:24,222 the infrared light looks like, 908 00:35:24,288 --> 00:35:25,756 you can get I always tell people 909 00:35:25,823 --> 00:35:27,391 in the assets question, go and 910 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:34,465 look of the Eagle nebula and so 911 00:35:34,532 --> 00:35:36,367 Hubble has a little tiny bit of 912 00:35:36,434 --> 00:35:39,871 capability in near infrared and 913 00:35:39,937 --> 00:35:41,939 it took a stunning picture of 914 00:35:42,006 --> 00:35:43,808 the nebula and so go look at 915 00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:45,943 that it gives you a hint of how 916 00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:47,879 beautiful we expect these images 917 00:35:47,945 --> 00:35:49,680 to be. 918 00:35:49,747 --> 00:35:51,115 Yep. 919 00:35:51,182 --> 00:35:53,151 They will deftly be beautiful. 920 00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:55,219 >> as far as falling on, 921 00:35:55,286 --> 00:35:57,688 actually we get the news coming 922 00:35:57,755 --> 00:35:58,689 from all the different mirror 923 00:35:58,756 --> 00:35:59,924 sections and focusing. 924 00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:02,093 >> we do definitely plan to keep 925 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,294 the committee updated on the 926 00:36:03,361 --> 00:36:04,896 hole commissioning process all 927 00:36:04,962 --> 00:36:06,531 along the way here in there are 928 00:36:06,597 --> 00:36:07,899 a lot of different ways of doing 929 00:36:07,965 --> 00:36:08,733 it. 930 00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:10,535 We of course can send out press 931 00:36:10,601 --> 00:36:12,937 releases with the milestones and 932 00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:14,505 have constant social media 933 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:15,773 updates on our social media 934 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,675 channels. 935 00:36:17,742 --> 00:36:20,244 We will have a weekly blog so if 936 00:36:20,311 --> 00:36:22,180 you go to our website -- it gets 937 00:36:22,246 --> 00:36:23,681 more into the technical aspect 938 00:36:23,748 --> 00:36:24,949 so if you do really want to 939 00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:29,220 learn about some of the details. 940 00:36:29,287 --> 00:36:30,755 You can do that, there are a lot 941 00:36:30,821 --> 00:36:32,056 of different ways to keep up 942 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:33,624 with what's going on. 943 00:36:33,691 --> 00:36:35,159 >> I cleared my calendar after 944 00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:36,427 December 18th because we will 945 00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:37,762 have many different briefings 946 00:36:37,828 --> 00:36:38,963 and ways that people can see 947 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:40,031 what is going on and get the 948 00:36:40,097 --> 00:36:49,073 news out here >> the next 949 00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:52,944 question is from Johnny. 950 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:54,579 >> I'm from London here in the 951 00:36:54,645 --> 00:37:13,564 UK. 952 00:37:13,631 --> 00:37:14,899 Will we be able to see the black 953 00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:16,901 hole? 954 00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:21,305 What kind of blackhole? 955 00:37:21,372 --> 00:37:22,773 >> I believe there is a number 956 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:23,608 of you that can answer the 957 00:37:23,674 --> 00:37:24,508 question if you want to go 958 00:37:24,575 --> 00:37:27,578 ahead. 959 00:37:27,645 --> 00:37:29,714 >> I can give us a shot, part of 960 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:31,015 the question was how long will 961 00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:34,051 it take for web to make an 962 00:37:34,118 --> 00:37:36,053 extreme ultimate deal like 963 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:36,587 Hubble did? 964 00:37:36,654 --> 00:37:39,991 Hubble created extreme deal that 965 00:37:40,057 --> 00:37:41,826 was days and days of exposure 966 00:37:41,892 --> 00:37:43,494 time Webb will do that in a 967 00:37:43,561 --> 00:37:44,762 couple of hours in the 968 00:37:44,829 --> 00:37:47,298 wavelength where they have an 969 00:37:47,365 --> 00:37:50,067 overlap of course there are two 970 00:37:50,134 --> 00:37:51,569 wavelengths where Hubble could 971 00:37:51,636 --> 00:37:53,404 not operate and so what we will 972 00:37:53,471 --> 00:37:56,374 see there is there is no 973 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,342 comparison but there are 974 00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:00,177 programs in the first year or 975 00:38:00,244 --> 00:38:01,879 two not quite go days and days 976 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:05,016 and days but it will go I the 977 00:38:05,082 --> 00:38:09,854 most 60 hours deep images and it 978 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:16,360 will be very exciting. 979 00:38:16,427 --> 00:38:17,495 >> any any follow-ups? 980 00:38:17,561 --> 00:38:18,929 Anything else? 981 00:38:18,996 --> 00:38:20,998 Are we good? 982 00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:23,067 >> the black hole question. 983 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:24,735 >> yes that is right observing 984 00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:34,645 the black hole. 985 00:38:34,712 --> 00:38:38,683 >> what kind of blackhole is 986 00:38:38,749 --> 00:38:40,451 this kind of timer? 987 00:38:40,518 --> 00:38:44,155 >> in the early universe sure. 988 00:38:44,221 --> 00:38:45,956 Actually one of the puzzles that 989 00:38:46,023 --> 00:38:49,360 we want to follow his have the 990 00:38:49,427 --> 00:38:53,164 big giant super mass hole got so 991 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:55,733 big so fast some of the 992 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,135 supermassive black holes are in 993 00:38:58,202 --> 00:38:59,837 the universe now and are much 994 00:38:59,904 --> 00:39:01,572 bigger than we should expect 995 00:39:01,639 --> 00:39:04,241 based upon our ideas of how 996 00:39:04,308 --> 00:39:06,877 galaxies build up over time. 997 00:39:06,944 --> 00:39:08,346 We should be able to see the 998 00:39:08,412 --> 00:39:10,114 supermassive black holes even 999 00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:11,849 further out in the more distinct 1000 00:39:11,916 --> 00:39:13,417 universe and I will certainly 1001 00:39:13,484 --> 00:39:22,393 help us pieced over time. 1002 00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:23,594 >> we have more questions for 1003 00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:30,034 the media. 1004 00:39:30,101 --> 00:40:08,272 >> >> is is a question on analog 1005 00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:11,909 and exit planet? 1006 00:40:11,976 --> 00:40:16,647 >> right, if you mean an 1007 00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:19,950 earthlike planet like Earth size 1008 00:40:20,017 --> 00:40:21,118 with the same distance toward 1009 00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:26,023 the sun but with a Sun -like 1010 00:40:26,090 --> 00:40:28,626 star, Webb would not 1011 00:40:28,692 --> 00:40:30,227 characterize the atmosphere of 1012 00:40:30,294 --> 00:40:35,366 such. 1013 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:36,367 It will characterize the 1014 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:38,369 atmospheres of planets around a 1015 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:41,238 much smaller stars than the it 1016 00:40:41,305 --> 00:40:43,307 is a bit easier to do and they 1017 00:40:43,374 --> 00:40:44,875 can still be habitable and I 1018 00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:47,945 think one of the is to 1019 00:40:48,012 --> 00:40:50,648 understand some of the 1020 00:40:50,714 --> 00:40:52,917 properties of habitability but 1021 00:40:52,983 --> 00:40:56,253 it will not be a true earth 1022 00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:02,393 analog. 1023 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:09,567 >> this system is a good example 1024 00:41:09,633 --> 00:41:11,469 of planets that orbit around by 1025 00:41:11,535 --> 00:41:16,240 June -- a bunch of smaller stars 1026 00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:17,308 and we have excellent data of 1027 00:41:17,374 --> 00:41:20,711 that Summer infrared. 1028 00:41:20,778 --> 00:41:27,318 -- and some are infrared. 1029 00:41:27,384 --> 00:41:28,853 >> I'm so sorry you're bringing 1030 00:41:28,919 --> 00:41:32,523 up. 1031 00:41:32,590 --> 00:41:34,725 >> the Duke discretionary time, 1032 00:41:34,792 --> 00:41:38,128 what will it be used for? 1033 00:41:38,195 --> 00:41:43,133 >> it's used in two ways, one 1034 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,735 that it will do something as a 1035 00:41:44,802 --> 00:41:47,438 follow-up on discovery something 1036 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,473 that can wait for the next time 1037 00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:51,909 but directors in the pass have 1038 00:41:51,976 --> 00:41:55,479 also use this to allocate 1039 00:41:55,546 --> 00:41:57,948 compelling scientific ideas for 1040 00:41:58,015 --> 00:42:00,818 Hubble this was a discretionary 1041 00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:02,119 one so it's important to 1042 00:42:02,186 --> 00:42:05,022 remember that there is duality 1043 00:42:05,089 --> 00:42:06,724 in the discretionary time and it 1044 00:42:06,790 --> 00:42:08,425 can be used for both the 1045 00:42:08,492 --> 00:42:10,427 community always has great input 1046 00:42:10,494 --> 00:42:12,563 in deciding where to put this 1047 00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:16,667 energy and tries to solve it. 1048 00:42:16,734 --> 00:42:18,402 >> I think the early release 1049 00:42:18,469 --> 00:42:22,506 program is also discretionary. 1050 00:42:22,573 --> 00:42:23,974 >> we will get one more question 1051 00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:32,483 from the media. 1052 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:37,121 >> thank you for the 100 million 1053 00:42:37,187 --> 00:42:39,323 earmarks but what's the current 1054 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:41,225 record in the furthest back in 1055 00:42:41,292 --> 00:42:43,827 time scientists have seen to 1056 00:42:43,894 --> 00:42:47,631 date with what instrument and is 1057 00:42:47,698 --> 00:42:51,902 it possible to ever get closer 1058 00:42:51,969 --> 00:42:54,338 than what we will do with the 1059 00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:56,574 hundred million earmarks? 1060 00:42:56,640 --> 00:43:00,444 >> telescope has pushed the 1061 00:43:00,511 --> 00:43:02,580 million to 400,000 years after 1062 00:43:02,646 --> 00:43:04,848 the Big Bang so I think there is 1063 00:43:04,915 --> 00:43:07,851 a gas as to whether it will be 1064 00:43:07,918 --> 00:43:09,286 400 million years and 1065 00:43:09,353 --> 00:43:11,188 100 million years as Joe was 1066 00:43:11,255 --> 00:43:14,191 talking about, there is a 1067 00:43:14,258 --> 00:43:16,260 interval perhaps where there is 1068 00:43:16,327 --> 00:43:20,631 a baby universe and we will 1069 00:43:20,698 --> 00:43:21,832 present a view that we have 1070 00:43:21,899 --> 00:43:24,802 never seen before. 1071 00:43:24,868 --> 00:43:26,971 >> Jon, develop, is there any 1072 00:43:27,037 --> 00:43:28,305 way to actually look further 1073 00:43:28,372 --> 00:43:29,873 back than the microwave 1074 00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:31,375 background radiation? 1075 00:43:31,442 --> 00:43:32,676 >> we can only look further and 1076 00:43:32,743 --> 00:43:35,779 our imagination so we have lots 1077 00:43:35,846 --> 00:43:37,247 of theoretical stories that we 1078 00:43:37,314 --> 00:43:38,716 tell and calculations that we 1079 00:43:38,782 --> 00:43:40,217 make but there is nothing to 1080 00:43:40,284 --> 00:43:42,152 look at directly, we have 1081 00:43:42,219 --> 00:43:43,954 evidence of a very very very 1082 00:43:44,021 --> 00:43:46,590 early times that are found in 1083 00:43:46,657 --> 00:43:48,459 the polymerization of the cosmic 1084 00:43:48,525 --> 00:43:50,794 my ground -- migrate back around 1085 00:43:50,861 --> 00:43:52,196 but that's not something the web 1086 00:43:52,262 --> 00:43:53,564 will address their other 1087 00:43:53,631 --> 00:43:56,000 projects that are on the way. 1088 00:43:56,066 --> 00:43:58,135 >> I believe we have a question 1089 00:43:58,202 --> 00:43:59,403 coming from a highschooler in 1090 00:43:59,470 --> 00:44:05,943 New York. 1091 00:44:06,010 --> 00:44:08,078 In social media okay and getting 1092 00:44:08,145 --> 00:44:09,113 a number of different social 1093 00:44:09,179 --> 00:44:11,382 media questions. 1094 00:44:11,448 --> 00:44:15,085 Okay, this one says, okay, what 1095 00:44:15,152 --> 00:44:16,420 makes you think you will be able 1096 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:20,157 to find habitable acts of 1097 00:44:20,224 --> 00:44:22,493 planets now and will there be 1098 00:44:22,559 --> 00:44:23,727 follow on missions to get better 1099 00:44:23,794 --> 00:44:29,433 observations? 1100 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:32,836 >> I think it's critical about 1101 00:44:32,903 --> 00:44:36,040 what will come after this and 1102 00:44:36,106 --> 00:44:39,043 yes there is just the process 1103 00:44:39,109 --> 00:44:41,445 that was a survey with 1104 00:44:41,512 --> 00:44:42,880 astronomical community comes 1105 00:44:42,946 --> 00:44:44,481 together and they talk about the 1106 00:44:44,548 --> 00:44:46,183 most important thing to do in 1107 00:44:46,250 --> 00:44:47,451 the highest priority of that 1108 00:44:47,518 --> 00:44:49,620 survey was indeed we need to 1109 00:44:49,687 --> 00:44:53,057 make a telescope after this that 1110 00:44:53,123 --> 00:44:57,061 can actually observe earthlike 1111 00:44:57,127 --> 00:44:59,863 planets and earth analog around 1112 00:44:59,930 --> 00:45:01,899 Soler -type stars which is very 1113 00:45:01,965 --> 00:45:04,835 exciting but that is in a more 1114 00:45:04,902 --> 00:45:08,272 distant future. 1115 00:45:08,338 --> 00:45:10,307 >> many of these questions for 1116 00:45:10,374 --> 00:45:13,210 along the same theme and this is 1117 00:45:13,277 --> 00:45:15,512 a big complex mission people are 1118 00:45:15,579 --> 00:45:16,747 saying are you nervous about 1119 00:45:16,814 --> 00:45:19,149 lunch, are you excited, tell us 1120 00:45:19,216 --> 00:45:21,018 about the the testing and making 1121 00:45:21,085 --> 00:45:22,252 sure this thing works and how 1122 00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:23,587 you're feeling about it. 1123 00:45:23,654 --> 00:45:26,023 >> I certainly am excited but I 1124 00:45:26,090 --> 00:45:27,524 am not nervous. 1125 00:45:27,591 --> 00:45:32,362 We have a great that is working 1126 00:45:32,429 --> 00:45:34,198 on the telescope and they go 1127 00:45:34,264 --> 00:45:36,567 through all the best practices 1128 00:45:36,633 --> 00:45:39,603 and engineering units and we 1129 00:45:39,670 --> 00:45:41,238 test at different levels as we 1130 00:45:41,305 --> 00:45:43,006 build up to the telescope side 1131 00:45:43,073 --> 00:45:45,843 and we test as much as possible 1132 00:45:45,909 --> 00:45:48,078 and practical. 1133 00:45:48,145 --> 00:45:50,047 We test it the same way that it 1134 00:45:50,114 --> 00:45:51,882 will operate in space upon 1135 00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:53,584 launch and so we have done all 1136 00:45:53,650 --> 00:45:55,486 of that and I think that we are 1137 00:45:55,552 --> 00:45:57,688 in good shape but I will say on 1138 00:45:57,755 --> 00:46:02,326 launch day I do get and I do 1139 00:46:02,392 --> 00:46:04,261 just expect that so that does 1140 00:46:04,328 --> 00:46:08,265 not >> we spoke about the first 1141 00:46:08,332 --> 00:46:10,534 galaxy and how web hopes to 1142 00:46:10,601 --> 00:46:12,202 observe that but there also 1143 00:46:12,269 --> 00:46:13,403 questions involving the first 1144 00:46:13,470 --> 00:46:14,905 stars and for the first stars be 1145 00:46:14,972 --> 00:46:15,973 very different than the stars we 1146 00:46:16,039 --> 00:46:21,411 see today? 1147 00:46:21,478 --> 00:46:27,684 >> Jon is expert in this but so 1148 00:46:27,751 --> 00:46:29,753 it seems at the very first stars 1149 00:46:29,820 --> 00:46:32,055 that formed on the earth were 1150 00:46:32,122 --> 00:46:35,225 very very big, very massive, 1151 00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:36,960 much bigger than the normal 1152 00:46:37,027 --> 00:46:38,595 stars in a nearby Milky Way 1153 00:46:38,662 --> 00:46:40,731 galaxy and they also lived out 1154 00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:43,867 their lives extremely fast 1155 00:46:43,934 --> 00:46:45,169 because they were only made of 1156 00:46:45,235 --> 00:46:47,704 Hadrian that hydrogen and helium 1157 00:46:47,771 --> 00:46:49,773 and of the heavier elements that 1158 00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:51,542 cause stars to move more slowly 1159 00:46:51,608 --> 00:46:53,677 in their lives so we have never 1160 00:46:53,744 --> 00:46:55,379 observed these first population 1161 00:46:55,445 --> 00:46:57,381 of stars and we certainly hope 1162 00:46:57,447 --> 00:46:57,948 you might get lucky and see 1163 00:46:58,015 --> 00:47:00,250 them. 1164 00:47:00,317 --> 00:47:02,786 But we are not sure if we will. 1165 00:47:02,853 --> 00:47:04,154 It's one of those things about 1166 00:47:04,221 --> 00:47:05,255 trying to find things we have 1167 00:47:05,322 --> 00:47:06,924 never found before is that we 1168 00:47:06,990 --> 00:47:08,525 certainly do hope to see them 1169 00:47:08,592 --> 00:47:10,160 but we don't know if we well but 1170 00:47:10,227 --> 00:47:12,262 yes, we are excited because the 1171 00:47:12,329 --> 00:47:13,430 first stars are totally 1172 00:47:13,497 --> 00:47:18,035 different than our normal stars. 1173 00:47:18,101 --> 00:47:19,903 Jon may have more to add. 1174 00:47:19,970 --> 00:47:22,072 >> one thing about them is even 1175 00:47:22,139 --> 00:47:23,941 with the great web telescope you 1176 00:47:24,007 --> 00:47:25,342 cannot see them individually in 1177 00:47:25,409 --> 00:47:27,244 the normal lives but they do two 1178 00:47:27,311 --> 00:47:29,813 things, they come in herds, 1179 00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:30,948 hundreds or thousands or 1180 00:47:31,014 --> 00:47:32,549 millions of them together and 1181 00:47:32,616 --> 00:47:33,884 then you can see them and then 1182 00:47:33,951 --> 00:47:35,752 it looks like a new galaxy they 1183 00:47:35,819 --> 00:47:37,454 also blow up when they are old 1184 00:47:37,521 --> 00:47:39,256 which is not very old a few 1185 00:47:39,323 --> 00:47:40,624 million years it takes to burn 1186 00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:42,259 out and then they become what we 1187 00:47:42,326 --> 00:47:44,161 call a supernova which is as 1188 00:47:44,228 --> 00:47:46,697 bright as a hole galaxy is today 1189 00:47:46,763 --> 00:47:48,298 though there are things we know 1190 00:47:48,365 --> 00:47:49,600 that we can see if they are out 1191 00:47:49,666 --> 00:47:51,034 there but they're hard to find 1192 00:47:51,101 --> 00:47:52,269 and that's the big challenge to 1193 00:47:52,336 --> 00:47:54,037 find them and then study them in 1194 00:47:54,104 --> 00:47:54,838 depth. 1195 00:47:54,905 --> 00:47:56,573 >> absolutely. 1196 00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:57,774 >> I believe that we have 1197 00:47:57,841 --> 00:48:10,187 another question from the media. 1198 00:48:10,254 --> 00:48:13,590 >> what is the exact date that 1199 00:48:13,657 --> 00:48:15,192 this is scheduled to begin and 1200 00:48:15,259 --> 00:48:18,695 how long will it last and also 1201 00:48:18,762 --> 00:48:21,765 could you provide a couple of 1202 00:48:21,832 --> 00:48:26,236 astronomical targets for these 1203 00:48:26,303 --> 00:48:32,442 images? 1204 00:48:32,509 --> 00:48:34,278 >> please repeat these 1205 00:48:34,344 --> 00:48:36,880 questions. 1206 00:48:36,947 --> 00:48:39,616 >> it is what date is currently 1207 00:48:39,683 --> 00:48:42,352 on the calendar to begin and how 1208 00:48:42,419 --> 00:48:45,355 long will it take? 1209 00:48:45,422 --> 00:48:47,824 >> the exact date, I do not have 1210 00:48:47,891 --> 00:48:49,793 that for you but it will start 1211 00:48:49,860 --> 00:48:51,261 in the next few days. 1212 00:48:51,328 --> 00:48:55,832 Right now before Thanksgiving we 1213 00:48:55,899 --> 00:48:57,467 will say. 1214 00:48:57,534 --> 00:48:59,369 That still keeps us on track to 1215 00:48:59,436 --> 00:49:02,139 launch on 18 but as far as 1216 00:49:02,205 --> 00:49:04,641 feeling, we just tap it off like 1217 00:49:04,708 --> 00:49:06,343 you do in a car with the gas 1218 00:49:06,410 --> 00:49:07,444 tank. 1219 00:49:07,511 --> 00:49:08,679 And we know that we will have 1220 00:49:08,745 --> 00:49:10,447 full -- feeling for at least ten 1221 00:49:10,514 --> 00:49:12,115 years and probably much longer 1222 00:49:12,182 --> 00:49:13,583 unless we have some mandatory 1223 00:49:13,650 --> 00:49:14,785 burns that we have to do early 1224 00:49:14,851 --> 00:49:16,386 on actually separate from the 1225 00:49:16,453 --> 00:49:17,955 rocket to keep us on course for 1226 00:49:18,021 --> 00:49:19,923 around two and we will use some 1227 00:49:19,990 --> 00:49:21,758 burns as we need to along the 1228 00:49:21,825 --> 00:49:25,896 way if you will burn -- the more 1229 00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:26,863 fuel burned the better for 1230 00:49:26,930 --> 00:49:27,931 long-term life of the 1231 00:49:27,998 --> 00:49:30,133 observatory right now we do 1232 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:31,868 expect many years beyond ten 1233 00:49:31,935 --> 00:49:37,441 years of fuel. 1234 00:49:37,507 --> 00:49:39,076 >> that was actually referring 1235 00:49:39,142 --> 00:49:41,311 to how long the process of 1236 00:49:41,378 --> 00:49:43,380 telescope for launch takes. 1237 00:49:43,447 --> 00:49:44,448 I know you said you don't have 1238 00:49:44,514 --> 00:49:47,951 the exact date but would it be a 1239 00:49:48,018 --> 00:49:53,657 week or a couple of days? 1240 00:49:53,724 --> 00:49:55,993 >> fueling takes ten days to two 1241 00:49:56,059 --> 00:50:02,399 weeks from start to finish. 1242 00:50:02,466 --> 00:50:04,234 >> my other question if someone 1243 00:50:04,301 --> 00:50:05,569 could give us a couple targets 1244 00:50:05,635 --> 00:50:11,942 that might be among these first 1245 00:50:12,009 --> 00:50:19,249 image release targets. 1246 00:50:19,316 --> 00:50:21,651 >> the first image, the first 1247 00:50:21,718 --> 00:50:24,321 science images we expect our 1248 00:50:24,388 --> 00:50:25,722 secret. 1249 00:50:25,789 --> 00:50:26,723 We don't release that to the 1250 00:50:26,790 --> 00:50:28,658 public, we wanted to be a big 1251 00:50:28,725 --> 00:50:30,293 surprise, I don't even know what 1252 00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:31,695 they are so it will be a 1253 00:50:31,762 --> 00:50:36,900 surprise for >> and social media 1254 00:50:36,967 --> 00:50:38,802 we have some fans of Canada here 1255 00:50:38,869 --> 00:50:40,303 so we will go back to Sarah in 1256 00:50:40,370 --> 00:50:42,939 Montréal, Sarah can you tell us 1257 00:50:43,006 --> 00:50:44,608 more about different missions 1258 00:50:44,674 --> 00:50:46,243 that the Canadian space agency 1259 00:50:46,309 --> 00:50:49,246 is collaborating with NASA on? 1260 00:50:49,312 --> 00:50:53,350 >> absolutely. 1261 00:50:53,417 --> 00:50:54,618 Canada has been collaborating 1262 00:50:54,684 --> 00:51:02,259 with NASA for the beginning. 1263 00:51:02,325 --> 00:51:05,028 The partnership goes back more 1264 00:51:05,095 --> 00:51:08,732 recently for astronomy we 1265 00:51:08,799 --> 00:51:11,234 provided the center for the 1266 00:51:11,301 --> 00:51:14,004 ultraviolet fuse mission which 1267 00:51:14,071 --> 00:51:15,972 was the precursor to the 1268 00:51:16,039 --> 00:51:18,775 guidance center being provided 1269 00:51:18,842 --> 00:51:20,877 with a web telescope. 1270 00:51:20,944 --> 00:51:23,113 And we partnered with NASA on 1271 00:51:23,180 --> 00:51:25,015 space astronomy but also other 1272 00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:27,951 space domains for example, in 1273 00:51:28,018 --> 00:51:31,755 earth observations, weather, and 1274 00:51:31,822 --> 00:51:34,157 lots of other domains and we 1275 00:51:34,224 --> 00:51:37,060 also know this is a long story 1276 00:51:37,127 --> 00:51:38,562 and history, the community is a 1277 00:51:38,628 --> 00:51:40,564 very tight and combined and we 1278 00:51:40,630 --> 00:51:42,632 have a lot of partnerships and 1279 00:51:42,699 --> 00:51:44,835 projects in common. 1280 00:51:44,901 --> 00:51:49,473 A lot of the science plans for 1281 00:51:49,539 --> 00:51:51,408 James Webb involved 1282 00:51:51,475 --> 00:51:53,110 international partnership that 1283 00:51:53,176 --> 00:51:54,811 Canadians are active with 1284 00:51:54,878 --> 00:51:56,146 everyone around the world. 1285 00:51:56,213 --> 00:51:58,048 These are truly collaborative 1286 00:51:58,115 --> 00:51:59,816 and we need to work together to 1287 00:51:59,883 --> 00:52:03,086 achieve big dreams. 1288 00:52:03,153 --> 00:52:04,187 It's too much for any one 1289 00:52:04,254 --> 00:52:05,889 nation. 1290 00:52:05,956 --> 00:52:06,890 Partnership is part of the 1291 00:52:06,957 --> 00:52:10,260 endeavor. 1292 00:52:10,327 --> 00:52:11,628 >> we spoke about the first 1293 00:52:11,695 --> 00:52:13,163 stars in the first galaxies and 1294 00:52:13,230 --> 00:52:14,331 there are some questions about 1295 00:52:14,397 --> 00:52:15,799 the more close Soler system 1296 00:52:15,866 --> 00:52:17,801 observations. 1297 00:52:17,868 --> 00:52:19,269 We know at the opening Jon you 1298 00:52:19,336 --> 00:52:20,003 mentioned things like like 1299 00:52:20,070 --> 00:52:21,104 Europa and Titan and the 1300 00:52:21,171 --> 00:52:22,539 question is, can you give us 1301 00:52:22,606 --> 00:52:24,574 specific ideas about what they 1302 00:52:24,641 --> 00:52:26,042 want to observe and place like 1303 00:52:26,109 --> 00:52:29,546 Europe and Titan. 1304 00:52:29,613 --> 00:52:30,881 I do not have many details to 1305 00:52:30,947 --> 00:52:32,649 give but I do know that they are 1306 00:52:32,716 --> 00:52:34,584 interesting to me so I am 1307 00:52:34,651 --> 00:52:36,453 pleased our Soler system experts 1308 00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:37,988 have chosen these targets and 1309 00:52:38,054 --> 00:52:39,055 basically everything you have 1310 00:52:39,122 --> 00:52:40,490 ever heard of the Soler system 1311 00:52:40,557 --> 00:52:42,125 we will look at it. 1312 00:52:42,192 --> 00:52:44,861 On Europa we will see, can we 1313 00:52:44,928 --> 00:52:46,930 see the water jets coming out? 1314 00:52:46,997 --> 00:52:49,065 For Titan we want to see what's 1315 00:52:49,132 --> 00:52:50,066 it like where really in the 1316 00:52:50,133 --> 00:52:51,568 helicopter. 1317 00:52:51,635 --> 00:52:54,404 Everything that we of the 1318 00:52:54,471 --> 00:52:55,639 encounters that were planning to 1319 00:52:55,705 --> 00:52:58,141 do would be good to do now. 1320 00:52:58,208 --> 00:52:59,376 We certainly will look for the 1321 00:52:59,442 --> 00:53:00,744 interstellar comments that might 1322 00:53:00,810 --> 00:53:01,678 be coming through from from 1323 00:53:01,745 --> 00:53:03,680 other places, we don't have one 1324 00:53:03,747 --> 00:53:04,915 in mind yet. 1325 00:53:04,981 --> 00:53:06,383 But certainly we do expect them 1326 00:53:06,449 --> 00:53:08,318 to come, we are getting better 1327 00:53:08,385 --> 00:53:09,586 at finding them. 1328 00:53:09,653 --> 00:53:11,988 Everything from the farthest out 1329 00:53:12,055 --> 00:53:16,560 the closest in which is Mars. 1330 00:53:16,626 --> 00:53:17,661 >> we have another question for 1331 00:53:17,727 --> 00:53:20,997 the media. 1332 00:53:21,064 --> 00:53:27,737 >> >> this is a question for 1333 00:53:27,804 --> 00:54:00,003 Sarah and that is, [INAUDIBLE]. 1334 00:54:00,070 --> 00:54:01,905 >> listed by the fine guidance 1335 00:54:01,972 --> 00:54:03,173 sensor. 1336 00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:04,874 >> I can provide some details 1337 00:54:04,941 --> 00:54:06,209 for this. 1338 00:54:06,276 --> 00:54:09,412 The hole system need to have a 1339 00:54:09,479 --> 00:54:11,448 camera that looks at the 1340 00:54:11,514 --> 00:54:13,750 Starfield and then the system 1341 00:54:13,817 --> 00:54:15,619 determines very precisely where 1342 00:54:15,685 --> 00:54:16,786 the telescope is actually 1343 00:54:16,853 --> 00:54:18,622 pointing and so that becomes 1344 00:54:18,688 --> 00:54:20,323 part of the feedback loop where 1345 00:54:20,390 --> 00:54:21,758 that information is fed back 1346 00:54:21,825 --> 00:54:23,393 into the overall system and 1347 00:54:23,460 --> 00:54:24,794 points the telescope there is 1348 00:54:24,861 --> 00:54:26,963 also a mirror that can actually 1349 00:54:27,030 --> 00:54:29,065 keep the image steady so you 1350 00:54:29,132 --> 00:54:31,201 don't necessarily have to move 1351 00:54:31,268 --> 00:54:32,802 there are motions of the 1352 00:54:32,869 --> 00:54:34,204 telescope does and then there 1353 00:54:34,271 --> 00:54:36,873 are fine motions in position in 1354 00:54:36,940 --> 00:54:38,074 the very fine motions are 1355 00:54:38,141 --> 00:54:42,012 actually here by the mirror. 1356 00:54:42,078 --> 00:54:43,513 It is just a piece of the hole 1357 00:54:43,580 --> 00:54:45,248 system but it does take 1358 00:54:45,315 --> 00:54:47,584 information from the Starfield 1359 00:54:47,651 --> 00:54:49,519 and incorporated in so that's 1360 00:54:49,586 --> 00:54:52,656 all the keeping the telescope 1361 00:54:52,722 --> 00:55:01,498 telescope pointing precisely. 1362 00:55:01,564 --> 00:55:02,832 >> do you know how far they may 1363 00:55:02,899 --> 00:55:10,273 interact? 1364 00:55:10,340 --> 00:55:12,375 >> I do not know it offhand, we 1365 00:55:12,442 --> 00:55:13,310 can get the information for you 1366 00:55:13,376 --> 00:55:15,145 but I do not know it off and. 1367 00:55:15,211 --> 00:55:16,546 >> the second was about 1368 00:55:16,613 --> 00:55:18,014 gravitational lensing and how 1369 00:55:18,081 --> 00:55:19,649 Hubbell had used something 1370 00:55:19,716 --> 00:55:21,851 similar in the pass, we want to 1371 00:55:21,918 --> 00:55:28,358 do gravitational lensing >> 1372 00:55:28,425 --> 00:55:29,959 Hubbell has discovered and 1373 00:55:30,026 --> 00:55:31,594 others have also discovered that 1374 00:55:31,661 --> 00:55:37,100 gravity will bend light. 1375 00:55:37,167 --> 00:55:38,468 It's like having an extra lens 1376 00:55:38,535 --> 00:55:42,739 on the telescope way at their 1377 00:55:42,806 --> 00:55:43,873 peak we are have -- we have 1378 00:55:43,940 --> 00:55:45,075 surveyed the hole sky and we 1379 00:55:45,141 --> 00:55:46,142 know hundreds already we have 1380 00:55:46,209 --> 00:55:47,844 chosen a list where we think the 1381 00:55:47,911 --> 00:55:49,446 best sides to see something 1382 00:55:49,512 --> 00:55:50,547 further away that is highly 1383 00:55:50,613 --> 00:55:52,382 magnified by the slanted space 1384 00:55:52,449 --> 00:55:53,583 so we see these beautiful 1385 00:55:53,650 --> 00:55:55,785 circles and picture where the 1386 00:55:55,852 --> 00:55:56,920 distant galaxy has been 1387 00:55:56,986 --> 00:56:01,991 magnified but distorted by an. 1388 00:56:02,058 --> 00:56:08,465 It is one of the most important 1389 00:56:08,531 --> 00:56:11,668 things from the field. 1390 00:56:11,735 --> 00:56:13,503 >> one of the early science 1391 00:56:13,570 --> 00:56:15,305 programs, the very first data 1392 00:56:15,372 --> 00:56:17,207 that was taken the first year 1393 00:56:17,273 --> 00:56:20,110 dealt with this exactly through 1394 00:56:20,176 --> 00:56:27,484 these gravitational lenses. 1395 00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:29,819 >> Sarah, is there something you 1396 00:56:29,886 --> 00:56:30,820 wanted to add for the last 1397 00:56:30,887 --> 00:56:33,223 question? 1398 00:56:33,289 --> 00:56:34,924 >> one of the Canadian programs 1399 00:56:34,991 --> 00:56:36,259 that we have will be using the 1400 00:56:36,326 --> 00:56:38,361 nearest instruments and looking 1401 00:56:38,428 --> 00:56:40,864 at gravitational planets taking 1402 00:56:40,930 --> 00:56:42,465 advantage of those cosmic 1403 00:56:42,532 --> 00:56:44,234 magnifying glasses in order to 1404 00:56:44,300 --> 00:56:45,535 look at very very distant 1405 00:56:45,602 --> 00:56:47,804 galaxies behind these massive 1406 00:56:47,871 --> 00:56:49,906 clusters and then study their 1407 00:56:49,973 --> 00:56:53,076 properties to learn much more 1408 00:56:53,143 --> 00:56:54,644 about the shape of them and what 1409 00:56:54,711 --> 00:56:56,112 they are doing and are they nice 1410 00:56:56,179 --> 00:56:58,047 and organized and are they 1411 00:56:58,114 --> 00:56:58,915 structured? 1412 00:56:58,982 --> 00:57:02,185 Those are the kinds of questions 1413 00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:04,754 that we have a program to 1414 00:57:04,821 --> 00:57:09,192 address this issue. 1415 00:57:09,259 --> 00:57:10,593 >> does that conclude the 1416 00:57:10,660 --> 00:57:12,195 question to the media? 1417 00:57:12,262 --> 00:57:15,932 Do we have anything else that if 1418 00:57:15,999 --> 00:57:19,202 a question for Bill hardwood. 1419 00:57:19,269 --> 00:57:21,371 >> you mentioned seeing the very 1420 00:57:21,438 --> 00:57:23,840 first light from clouds from the 1421 00:57:23,907 --> 00:57:26,709 very first stars, do you guys 1422 00:57:26,776 --> 00:57:28,645 expect galaxies to exist at that 1423 00:57:28,711 --> 00:57:31,681 point, I am just wondering where 1424 00:57:31,748 --> 00:57:33,116 we can solve this chicken and 1425 00:57:33,183 --> 00:57:34,784 egg thing in terms of what came 1426 00:57:34,851 --> 00:57:40,824 first. 1427 00:57:40,890 --> 00:57:42,358 >> are you asking about 1428 00:57:42,425 --> 00:57:47,030 galaxies? 1429 00:57:47,096 --> 00:57:49,599 >> obviously comes from stars 1430 00:57:49,666 --> 00:57:52,101 that you -- do you expect 1431 00:57:52,168 --> 00:57:54,070 galaxies to be be assembled or 1432 00:57:54,137 --> 00:57:56,272 is it still farming -- forming 1433 00:57:56,339 --> 00:58:00,376 as as far back? 1434 00:58:00,443 --> 00:58:01,945 >> we do expect galaxies to grow 1435 00:58:02,011 --> 00:58:04,314 over time, they grow as a 1436 00:58:04,380 --> 00:58:06,649 gravity pulls a bit together in 1437 00:58:06,716 --> 00:58:09,018 the has galaxies pulling 1438 00:58:09,085 --> 00:58:12,522 together. 1439 00:58:12,589 --> 00:58:14,424 We see the stars and as was 1440 00:58:14,491 --> 00:58:16,159 mentioned earlier they only last 1441 00:58:16,226 --> 00:58:19,963 for a few million years each. 1442 00:58:20,029 --> 00:58:20,663 Each. 1443 00:58:20,730 --> 00:58:22,131 For us to see a galaxy it is 1444 00:58:22,198 --> 00:58:23,867 many many stories that light up 1445 00:58:23,933 --> 00:58:24,801 the same time that we are 1446 00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:25,702 looking. 1447 00:58:25,768 --> 00:58:27,237 We certainly do expect to see 1448 00:58:27,303 --> 00:58:28,738 the collective effect of many 1449 00:58:28,805 --> 00:58:31,374 many individual stars but, for 1450 00:58:31,441 --> 00:58:35,411 us, one of the big to the stars 1451 00:58:35,478 --> 00:58:36,846 make the black holes are due the 1452 00:58:36,913 --> 00:58:38,448 black holes help make the stars? 1453 00:58:38,515 --> 00:58:40,950 That is a chicken and the egg 1454 00:58:41,017 --> 00:58:42,252 question that we are very much 1455 00:58:42,318 --> 00:58:43,753 worried about. 1456 00:58:43,820 --> 00:58:46,322 >> okay we are going to wrap up 1457 00:58:46,389 --> 00:58:47,790 the questions at the time and 1458 00:58:47,857 --> 00:58:48,858 that's all the time we have for 1459 00:58:48,925 --> 00:58:50,126 this briefing and it has been 1460 00:58:50,193 --> 00:58:51,261 wonderful to be here with this 1461 00:58:51,327 --> 00:58:52,962 incredible panel there is so 1462 00:58:53,029 --> 00:58:54,030 much more to share about this 1463 00:58:54,097 --> 00:58:55,632 exciting mission I hope you join 1464 00:58:55,698 --> 00:58:57,634 as at 2:00 Eastern time today 1465 00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:58,568 because we will have another 1466 00:58:58,635 --> 00:59:00,136 impressive team of engineers and 1467 00:59:00,203 --> 00:59:01,271 mission planners to walk us 1468 00:59:01,337 --> 00:59:02,906 through the future of technology 1469 00:59:02,972 --> 00:59:05,108 that enables this golden eye 1470 00:59:05,174 --> 00:59:09,178 that we have and find what is 1471 00:59:09,245 --> 00:59:10,380 out there. 1472 00:59:10,446 --> 00:59:12,482 Thank you for joining us. 1473 00:59:12,549 --> 00:59:14,500 Please join us for the 1474 00:59:14,500 --> 00:59:17,186 2 pm briefing.