Next Generation Space Telescope

The NGST (now named the James Webb Space telescope) which is due to replace the Hubble Telescope by 2010. Video date February 2002. Source- http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmg.pl?b=b&keyword=ngst&single=y&start=2

'The Hubble Space Telescope has widened our vision of the Universe and has shown us a cosmos that astounds even the scientists. Astronomers from Europe, the United States and Canada are already working on a worthy successor. The Next Generation Space Telescope, NGST, larger and more powerful than its predecessor, is due to be launched around 2009 - just before Hubble will retire after two decades of successful hard work. NGST is expected to shed light on the `Dark Ages of the Universe' by observing infrared light from the first stars and galaxies.'

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[Mattnesss]

dark matter doesn't make up 90% of the mass of the universe... it only makes up 22%. Our visible matter makes up around 4%. DARK ENERGY (!) is what makes up the most mass (around 74%).

I like this video, but that's a bad mistake to make :P

[stevebd1]

The video is from 2002 when the term dark matter pretty much covered the unseen matter/energy that made up most of our universe and dark energy was speculated. Its only with the observation of type 1a supernovae at very high red shifts within the last few years that the existence of a dark energy was confirmed and the term became an accepted phrase in present day cosmology.

[gmpep3]

I was on pins and needles when the Hubble was created and launched. I hope I'm around for the James Webb. What a very special time in human history!

[AZURA888]

ok I was going to replace the hubble space telescope with a handmade one, but i was too busy. 30 yearsssss!!!! for a new telescope only 5 times more powerful than hubble???. I just hope this James Webb don't last 30 years in the space, because in 2040 the technology will be simply amazing with all that robots making coffee jaja.

[JBrd79]

ok ok, wait- i stand corrected- dark ENERGY is theorized to make up 70% of the known universe- my bad...

[JBrd79]

Actually i read that dark matter is theorized to make up some 70% of our visible universe. that figure is straight from the NASA Website.  I'm not saying it's correct but that's what the "experts" say. i wonder where the two of you got your figures from? :/

[Morenob]

u must be a nutsack if u think we are the only one in space soo many galaxies

[AbelMagwitch73]

What is your point? If you think that relativity is wrong, what is right? Where does 96% come from?

[ASIANBOYZPRODUCTION]

it's like you can afford one!!

[MAMOHT82]

1:32 cheap JWST rip off

[bs2174]

Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?

[razorflown2]

I think it's awesome that our tax dollars are going to these projects. I think it's great that obama will tax the fuck out of everyone and use the money to fund science. Science has only been dominant for the last 100-300 years. You christians had 1000+ years, remember? The dark ages? The middle ages? You're a piece of shit. How fucking stupid can you be? Go fuck your goat some more you ignorant tard.