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"The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to head to space on Dec. 18, 2021.
With it, astronomers hope to find the first galaxies to form in the universe,
will search for Earthlike atmospheres around other planets and accomplish many
other scientific goals.
I am an astronomer and the principal investigator for the Near Infrared Camera
– or NIRCam for short – aboard the Webb telescope. I have participated in the
development and testing for both my camera and the telescope as a whole.
To see deep into the universe, the telescope has a very large mirror and must
be kept extremely cold. But getting a fragile piece of equipment like this to
space is no simple task. There have been many challenges my colleagues and I
have had to overcome to design, test and soon launch and align the most
powerful space telescope ever built."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
