EPISODE · Jun 28, 2018 · 5 MIN
Delays, Rising Costs Plague NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
from Science, Spoken · host WIRED
For the past decade, astronomers have been waiting for a remarkable new instrument to enter the world. The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched to waypoint 1 million miles beyond Earth’s orbit, further than any telescope yet, where it can observe the deepest corners of the universe. From there it will unfurl a sunshield to protect special sensors that can detect images giving off faint glow of far infrared light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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For the past decade, astronomers have been waiting for a remarkable new instrument to enter the world. The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched to waypoint 1 million miles beyond Earth’s orbit, further than any telescope yet, where it can observe the deepest corners of the universe. From there it will unfurl a sunshield to protect special sensors that can detect images giving off faint glow of far infrared light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Delays, Rising Costs Plague NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
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