The Insane Engineering of James Webb Telescope

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Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus
Editor: Dylan Hennessy
Animator: Mike Ridolfi
Sound: Graham Haerther
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster

References:
[1] https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/astronomy/epoch_reionization.pdf
[2] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html
[3] https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html
[4] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html
[5]
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/coating.html

[6] https://www.materialstoday.com/polymers-soft-materials/news/material-keeps-heat-off-new-space-telescope/
[7] https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1108795971192926208?s=20
[8]] https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/06/Webb_unfolding_sequence
[9] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-webb-telescope-packs-its-sunshield-for-a-million-mile-trip
[10] https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html
[11] https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/cryocooler.html

[12] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890414004300
[13] https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/the-coolest-technology-cryocoolers/
[14] https://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] https://www.azom.com/properties.aspx?ArticleID=591
[16] https://www.beryllium.eu/about-beryllium
[17] https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/webb-beryllium.html
[18] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html#sixtimes

[19] https://www.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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