The James Webb Space Telescope: The Largest Telescope Ever Launched

[madman8576]

heh heh at 0:45 it looks like Gomez's Hamburger

[PeggyAnnescool]

once nano technology becomes more practical along with quantum computing, then this machine will be considered a relic in no time.

[shoppittsburghnow]

love the video really good

[jack342able]

@Harrelsonbrent you mean 2013 the date changed i Think...

[thejameskan]

some sweet info here

[MrJonkelp]

very interesting thanks

[WorldwideWakeupCall]

Tony your videos are amazing! Love the music as well.

[Harrelsonbrent]

oh, launch date 2014...hurry it up!

[PirateTHESteam1]

@Harrelsonbrent

Sorry mate. It looks like they had to move it to 2018 due money loss :(

[Harrelsonbrent]

when nasa when?? Uncle sam can we have this for Christmas please!?

[bubblinbrownsugar616]

James Webb is going to put Hubble to shame. I can't wait for this thing to get started! :)

[misinglink15]

Who/what do I need to send money to for Hubble to continue its mission, and for the James Webb telescope to start its mission?

[limaorox]

damn this clip is kickass!

[Akirameerkat]

they should defund medicare and welfare before thinking of defunding this.

[pachecu13]

Inside The Milky Way: /watch?v=RsSGLmROQUw&feature=s­hare

[mrdexter86]

whole scientific world should join this project and collect some money

[SMOCZYLAS6]

its shame that telescope might not be even launched... its over the budget, from 3.5 bln to 9 bln already. theres r negotiations about that. and now possible start is not earlier than 2018.

[bigwaverider1000]

@SMOCZYLAS6 what the fuck bill gates owns more money than that if it really is only 9 billion$ bill gates alone can fund it more than 10 x ,usa defaset of there money has passed 10 trillion dollars already being 999 billion in each trillion an they are worried about 9 measly billion doallrs this will revolution every thing if a alien life is found or a planet that can sustain life than thatell be the biggest thing to focus on even if we cant get there yet we can use communication somehow

[MrYousafBajwa]

why the hell would you defund this...its just insane!

[Demingosan]

Republican led House of Representatives are now defunding it, dems and the gop set to battle it out.. I probably already know whos gonna win..

[thrasher1100]

to bad this is never going to launch!

[Baronstone]

Doesnt it make more sense to place this telescope just beyond the orbit of the moon? We could at least service it at that location

[trinidadparaminman]

@Baronstone maybe, i'm no expert but if it was that close then maybe the moon's gravity could affect the JWST.

[sagan4win]

That is so cool!

[kbp5520]

i live for this shit

[otur1]

Music too loud

[Ksixstring]

cnt wait to see what pics this bad oy comes up wid...

[sdrawkcabgnipytmi]

That picture of the life size model of the James Webb telescope in the first 15 seconds was taken at the German Museum of Technology and Science in Munich. I lived a 15 minute walk from there till I was 10 year old. Can't believe I actually recognized that after all this time!

[cristoretornebiblia]

@sdrawkcabgnipytmi Its a small world

[slave880]

can't wait for the telescope to fail cause it going to be a bitch for Youtuber 8)

[TheEventhorizon64]

Should have changeable rockets. You can any time launch a rocket to refuel it without people.I dont think that it would be impossible.Hubble was designed to operate just a few years,but they use it even today,so may be with Webb telescope too happen this, who knows.

[jimbojims]

lets get this scope up there, i dont want to wait until 2016!!

i want knowledge and information now.

this telescope will answer so may questions and change what we now know

[ahookoi]

Another super cool vid! Thanks for helping aid people such as myself with getting a grasp on all of this incredible work you amazing HUMAN BEINGS continuously carrying out for all of us.

[AlchemistxBankai]

WILL IT BLEND?

[subh1]

great challenge and risk. But that's what science is about!

[TrueXile420]

I hope when it unfolds nothing goes wrong, cause we cant go fix this one. We only have one shot to get it right, lets hope this 6 billion dollars with of engineering works.

[WeHave2009]

when is gonna be lounch of web???????

[TrueXile420]

@WeHave2009 In 2014

[33dgtp]

omg... even aliens will be all like "O_o"

[worldwidedownload]

I just can't wait to see what this telescope can do.

Great video. Thanks again.

[GoreTorn16]

That is one expensive piece of space equipment!

[Evertonian94]

This has got to be one of your best videos of recent times! :D

[fastmotion123]

Hi Tony, I was wondering if you could share your thoughts on dark matter or string theory in a video

[1RadicalOne]

I think Hubble should be taken down in a craft and put in a museum, not destroyed by reentry.

[molugh]

@1RadicalOne or use the money for better instruments instead of putting it in the old one....

[claton95]

@1RadicalOne that would probably cost a lot of money, money we could use for more exploration

[alfader1]

@1RadicalOne that costs money... they don't have enough to bring back earths eight wonder but they can spend trillions on wars

[homousios]

this was very informative. waiting to see it in full operation.

[Ihatemelee]

always enjoy the music you pick for these vids, and ty as always for another great vid

[pacoarcas666]

Tony, let´s see if you could answer 2 questions I have:

1) Can this telescope be tested somehow at 7 degrees out of earth before its journey to L2? This could be useful if there is any problem, so it can be repaired

2) Is there any USA, EU or world project for the succesor of WEBB?

I just wish to live to see all of these

[TheDivineWinds]

Let's hope those mirrors are sturdy. We don't want stray asteroids to shatter them.

[ironmadion55]

So wait, is this telescope made JUST to find the 'Dark Ages,' or can we use it to find other planets in our galaxy? Like Geliese 586? Or, perhaps, look a little further into Jupiter, or Neptune?

[NavieZeitgeist]

Tony is there a way to see the actual moment of big bang? Or there was completely no light, before first stars were born?

[Saukko31]

Awesome and inspiring as always.

[sorry8140]

1. They better not f*** this one up, like they did Hubble in the beginning. 2. Who was James Webb?

[nybotheveg]

how hot was it when the universe was one planck time old?

[rei154]

Thanks to you, i am still intently considering a career in astronomy, quite possibly the most important science known to man kind

[JacksInn]

Finger's crossed that everything goes smooth.

[DougieBarclay]

Couldn't they make this telescope's propellant re-suppliable via man-less refuelling probes? You'd think that would extend it's life by decades?

[MilanNS1096]

Astronomy video and You-tube add on the right "Preparing a people for Savior's soon return".

Well, let see if I can find some religious video on you-tube and add for the finest Dutch bordello.

[NYCFreed1]

I love your videos, thanks for doing it more often once again!

[detersgumig]

Time to shed some light on the dark age ;-)

[Misterb0z]

Does the positioning of the James Webb mean that the telescope will only be able to observe certain areas of the sky once every year?

[EmperorZeldar]

If hubble made history, This one most probably will too! Good luck James Webb Space Telescope! :)

[KICKROCKS561]

Why don't we start using ion drive engines on these satellite, telescopes that are to far for us to reach , why can't we build a telescope in space , shipped in 2 or 3 peaces and put together by man or robots . We would be able to make it larger and look farther . Have 3 James webs or put the best of all on it . And Im i the only one thinking this cuz if so some one needs to make me a scientist .

[grofuss]

@KICKROCKS561 Indeed only problem, as usual, is money! And as usual, we (our planet) spends billions if not trillions$ more on defense and war technology, than we do on discovery and exploration. Until that shift is made from conflict to discovery, I doubt much will change... though I think we're gradually starting to see that shift. I suppose you could argue that the 'war machine' helps develop these space technologies further, but entirely for the wrong reasons.

[Koss42]

@KICKROCKS561 Nasa's budget. That is big reason.

[Jontman42]

Love the part with the other telescopes

[zcxvasdfqwer1234]

what a beautiful beast of a telescope! I eagerly await its findings in the near future.

[M0THERKN0WSBEST]

I quite honestly don't know how people figure this sort of stuff out, to design something so complex ... it just baffles me!

Simply amazing!!!

And after watching a sickening & horrendous video of some poor couple being stoned to death by a bunch of religious barbarians, things like this help restore my faith in mankind.

Science for the Win !!! : )

[Koss42]

@M0THERKN0WSBEST There are all kinds in this world. Do we measure ourselves by the worst of us and give up?

Or do we measure ourselves by our brightest, and strive for improvement?

I hope more would choose as we do.

[M0THERKN0WSBEST]

@Koss42 Ahh, and then you see, a comment like that and I feel even a little better about manlind.

( boy, that came out a bit jumbled, but you no doubt get the jist )

[Koss42]

@M0THERKN0WSBEST Absolutely, message received!

[RemnantsOfBeauty]

So what happens if we get it out there, open it up and find its out of focus or theres a minor problem..... we won't be able to go and fix it?......

[maggru91]

I promise that if the rocket that will carry this Telescope explodes I WILL cry!

[goreziad]

0 dislikes are from god.

[IWannabeJew]

An awful lot of money potentially being pissed-away with every single moving part that has to work perfectly the first time?

[musli4brekkies]

Oooooohooo this is exciting! All I have to do is not get run-over for another 5 years to see it!

[IWannabeJew]

@musli4brekkies Looks like someone is gambling that 2012 is going to be a non-event, eh?

[musli4brekkies]

@IWannabeJew

I don't have any choice either way, so I figure I may as well look forward to the future. ;)

[SuperiorApostate]

I've never heard Planck or Chandra telescopes.

[BonScottAC]

1:35 ninjas protecting it 

[tdarnell]

@BonScottAC NASA Ninjas. You weren't supposed to see them ;-)

[mit871chell]

@tdarnell Are you a ninja, because you out ninja'd a NASA ninja?

[shaurz]

@BonScottAC From Mortal Kombat

[albo181]

Most informative video i've seen on JWT, great job!!

[noaddedsugar321]

your videos are amazing!

[jpham227]

@tdarnell OOhhhhh, I'm lovin' that music at the end. Super epic and heroic space telescope music! good choice.

[IWannabeJew]

@jpham227 Yeah, I thought the Hubble was going to start doing a victory dance.

[alixinthemiddle]

@IWannabeJew

i knew it!

[alixinthemiddle]

soo.... what's going to happen to is when it has no more fuel?

will it continue to take pictures or... like... just explode?

[subh1]

@alixinthemiddle it will be able to keep taking pictures in whatever direction it is pointing to. But we won't be able to make it point to a desired direction.

[IWannabeJew]

@alixinthemiddle It bursts into a giant bouquet of daisies.

[danbit5]

any one pointing that thing at orion nebula?

[DelusionalJ]

Great video, beautiful narration, brilliant as always!

[blurglide]

So, how does the telescope compensate for it's irregular shape and seams in the mirror?

[waynerad]

Tony, man, you read my mind. I've been watching Hubble videos, and was just thinking of looking for a video about the James Webb telescope. And you post this :) Fantastic video, thank you so much!

[JoeDixon]

Very good.

[EdouardDubois]

4:21

LOL, aww man, that's great. It looks like the intro to a team of comic book heroes.

"Astronomy Super Friends, ASSEMBLE!"

[gamper33]

Fantastic video

[EdouardDubois]

When this thing is launched, we should have 7 terabyte external hard drives on the market. lol

[dannypantsgm]

Where do you get these animations?

[tdarnell]

@dannypantsgm NASA's JWST website. They are in the public domain.

[dannypantsgm]

@tdarnell That's awesome, thank you! I think I'll use them for some videos myself though I see you are putting them to fine use already. Very good stuff.

[cbhangale]

@tdarnell I did not know that this telescope cannot be repaired. I am not sure why they did it like that. Hubble had a problem after its first launch and needed repairs and subsequent upgrades. I was just assuming that the James Webb would also be like that. Is it not too risky to just place it so far away? why would they do that?

[tdarnell]

@cbhangale Well, there's really no choice. Our manned space program is all but dead and we'll be depending on other nations just to get people up in orbit. No nation has anything that can get a person beyond the moon, so it has to be designed this way.

As to why its so far out, this telescope has to operate at just at 7 degrees above absolute zero (that's the MIRI instrument), it's very difficult to get things that cold when you're orbiting the earth and passing the sun once every 90 minutes.

[cbhangale]

@tdarnell Thanks for your reply Tony!

[EveryFlavorVlogs]

@tdarnell

My father is actually working in the chamber in which a helium shroud is placed, so that the extremely cold temperature can be achieved and the ISIM can be tested. I'll post a video response with details, if you're interested.

[fireking9934]

@tdarnell we have to see how orion is..

[thomaswk8]

@cbhangale maybe it cannot be repaired because it is so far away from earth?

[x246869]

When I think about how many times astronauts have had to jiggle things to get them to work it makes me a little nervous with this endeavor. They should have put a robotic arm on it, just in case it needs a rap or two. I know that use to always work with my tube TV.

[thewarrior195]

How heart crushing would it be if this AWESOME piece of man's genius gets damaged or something?

Tdarnell, do you what are the chances of something like that happening? Is there a sort of back up plan?

[Kmykzy]

@thewarrior195 i think the only backup is time ... just wait another 10 years and build another one , if that gets destroyed just wait again and build 2 or 3 more (because the tech after 20 years would permit us to build more and better) :P

[tdarnell]

@thewarrior195 As far as I know, there's no backup plan. There is a lot riding on getting it right the first time. The stress on the JWST team is orders of magnitude higher than with Hubble. If it doesn't work, then 6.5 billion dollars will be down the drain.

That said, unless the rocket explodes, any problems encountered probably won't make it a complete loss, it just depends on the specifics of the problems.

[mit871chell]

@tdarnell Is President Obama going to give any speech when the JWST is launched into orbit?

[tdarnell]

@mit871chell Maybe, but he'll have to get re-elected to do it. It won't launch until the end of his second term, currently it's scheduled for 2016, but that will almost certainly change.  That's why I didn't mention the launch date in the script. I have it as an annotation that I can change easily ;-)

[EvanLarimore]

Fantastic as usual!

[toulouse666]

Awesome inspirational video as usual!

Cool info regarding the momentum flaps to keep Solar wind induced torque from turning/twisting it out of position, never heard it mentioned before.

It may appear as a detail to some, but this alone must allow significant savings of precious propellant/fuel over its planned lifespan.

Even if there is no "ready-built" spacecraft able to reach it once deployed, if its cheaper to fix than to replace, they hopefully will. Not that I want a Hubble snafu redux...

[Aresftfun]

I can't keep from smiling at the ending.

[kenotube]

The L2 orbit seems tricky. Of course those NASA brains have it all figured out, but since it is about 4 times the distance of the moon, it would seem that each time the moon swings around the earth, there would be some tidal force that might disrupt the orbit of the telescope over time. I guess it's just not strong enough.

[mattdyce]

So what happens if the James Webb get's all the way out to "L2" and doesn't function? Could they rebuild it considering the amount of money already spent on the project?

[JimbobOMG]

I can hardly wait to see the results of this masterpiece.

[MichaelBramble]

I find the L2 orbit fact quite fascinating! Thanks for another great video!

[gayterdzsuck]

@Aladoniss hahhaha :)))))

[Jerry2665]

Man i wish they can get this telescope up in space a lot quicker. I know it is a lot of hard work. I just can not wait.

[SuperiorApostate]

@Jerry2665 better late than prematurely.

[Jerry2665]

@SuperiorApostate Absolutely ;)

[fashionbug312]

@Jerry2665 gahh me too! :) I'm one happy nerd right now! ^_^

[Jerry2665]

@fashionbug312 Its good to be happy. And a nerd ;)

[fishbone937]

@tdarnell I know this videos take a lot of time and effort to make I just wanted to take the time to say thank you for your content.

[silversobe]

Science is win

Always great uploads!

[jamminjago]

Can't we just have pictures from this thing now..

[MikerGTX]

@jamminjago Yeah same here. It was supposed to be launched in the year 2014 but was delayed to 2016. I hate waiting lol 

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