The Insane Engineering of James Webb Telescope

Watch this video on Nebula along with our Nebula Originals: https://nebula.tv/videos/real-engineering-the-insane-engineering-of-the-james-webb-telescopeVlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3027v8KjpaDtDx-gPatreon:https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2825050&ty=hFacebook:http://facebook.com/realengineering1Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/brianjamesmcmanusReddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEngineering/Twitter:https://twitter.com/thebrianmcmanusDiscord:https://discord.gg/s8BhkmNGet your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineeringCredits:Writer/Narrator: Brian McManusEditor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1)Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/)Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster https://twitter.com/forgottentowelReferences:[1] https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/astronomy/epoch_reionization.pdf[2] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html[3] https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html[4] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html[5]https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/coating.html[6] https://www.materialstoday.com/polymers-soft-materials/news/material-keeps-heat-off-new-space-telescope/[7] https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1108795971192926208?s=20[8]] https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/06/Webb_unfolding_sequence[9] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-webb-telescope-packs-its-sunshield-for-a-million-mile-trip[10] https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html[11] https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/cryocooler.html[12] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890414004300[13] https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/the-coolest-technology-cryocoolers/[14] https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html#:~:text=Webb%20Telescope's%20scientists%20and%20engineers,light%20from%20these%20distant%20galaxies.&text=The%20Webb%20Telescope%20team%20decided,is%20both%20strong%20and%20light.[15] https://www.azom.com/properties.aspx?ArticleID=591[16] https://www.beryllium.eu/about-beryllium[17] https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/webb-beryllium.html[18] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html#sixtimes[19] https://www.nasa.gov/content/hubbles-mirror-flaw[20] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-telescope[21] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-spacecraft-bus/jwst-attitude-control-subsystem[22] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-spacecraft-bus/jwst-propulsionSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesThank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage.Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creatorThank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung