EPISODE · Jan 18, 2023 · 54 MIN
Unscripted With John Mather
from Unscriptify · host Petar Dzakovic and Luka Vucic
When you come across astonishing images made by James Webb Space Telescope, you are looking at the hard work of a team of geniuses, and we talked with one of the men at the helm - Dr. John C. Mather, JWST senior project scientist and 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, who was listed among the 100 Most Influential People in the World, probably because he cemented The Big Bang Theory. We started the conversation by asking how Dr. Mather became the scientist he is today and goon to discuss the COBE project, the birth, and implementation of the JWST idea, including setbacks and issues that the project had to overcome, and how Dr. Mather felt about the launching day. We heard his personal opinion on some of the common questions like whether is Oumuamua natural, how tough would it be to settle on Mars, how the search for extraterrestrial life will proceed, and why he is sure we’ve not made a contact yet. We got an insight into what the next NASA telescope will focus on and learned about merging galaxies, habitable zone, potential signs of life forms, quasars, black holes, and many more.
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When you come across astonishing images made by James Webb Space Telescope, you are looking at the hard work of a team of geniuses, and we talked with one of the men at the helm - Dr. John C. Mather, JWST senior project scientist and 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, who was listed among the 100 Most Influential People in the World, probably because he cemented The Big Bang Theory. We started the conversation by asking how Dr. Mather became the scientist he is today and goon to discuss the COBE project, the birth, and implementation of the JWST idea, including setbacks and issues that the project had to overcome, and how Dr. Mather felt about the launching day. We heard his personal opinion on some of the common questions like whether is Oumuamua natural, how tough would it be to settle on Mars, how the search for extraterrestrial life will proceed, and why he is sure we’ve not made a contact yet. We got an insight into what the next NASA telescope will focus on and learned about merging galaxies, habitable zone, potential signs of life forms, quasars, black holes, and many more.
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