James Webb Space Telescope, information, updates and discussion |
James Webb Space Telescope, information, updates and discussion |
Aug 23 2005, 02:01 PM
Post
#1
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 13-March 05 Member No.: 191 |
The manufacture of the JWST mirror blanks has now been completed.
Despite this milestone, the fate of JWST is still somewhat precarious, because although the scientific bang from the telescope is expected to be huge, the bucks required have increased to a staggering $4.5 billion. A Space.com article on the squeeze in NASA's space-based astronomy plans gives some background. The JWST home page can be found here. The Space Telescope Science Institute, which runs Hubble, also has a site here. As does ESA. |
|
|
Jun 9 2007, 01:17 AM
Post
#2
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 113 |
Members of this forum are especially welcome to the following. Just register as UMSF:
INVITATION & PHOTOCALL ALERT The next generation of Irish astronomers will take time off from their Leaving Cert and Junior Cert examinations on Monday to brief journalists about Ireland's big involvement in a dramatic new space telescope project that is to revolutionise space research. Students sitting their Science examinations this week will be graduate researchers at university by the time the new telescope is launched in 2013 and they will be ideally placed to continue Ireland's strong tradition of space research. The students will brief journalists in front of a huge full-scale model of the two-storey-high James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is to be launched aboard Europe's powerful “Ariane-5” rocket to replace the legendary Hubble Space Telescope. A large model of the Ariane rocket will also be on hand. The briefing coincides with a major international meeting at the ROYAL HOSPITAL KILMAINHAM (RHK), which is attracting scientists and engineers from all over the world. The meeting is hosted by the DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES, a leading centre for research into our cosmic origins. The full-scale space telescope model was developed by aerospace contractors Northrop Grumman to give a better understanding of the size, scale and complexity of the project. The model is constructed mainly of aluminum and steel, it weighs six tonnes and is the size of two tennis-courts. The model was transported by ship from the United States after it was unveilled on the National Mall in Washington DC last month. It required four container lorries to bring it from Dublin Port to Kilmainham, and a large crew – including many FÁS apprentices – are spending four days assembling the model in a large meadow at the back of the RHK. YOU ARE INVITED TO VIEW/PHOTOGRAPH THE MODEL TELESCOPE AND TO ATTEND A BRIEFING TO HEAR AT FIRST HAND HOW IRELAND IS MAKING AN IMPACT IN THIS EXCITING SPACE ENDEAVOUR. WHEN: Monday, 11 June 2006 WHERE: Royal Hospital Kilmainham (RHK) The Johnston Room TIME: 11.30 a.m. TO MEET: Professor Tom Ray, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dr John C Mather, joint winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics. This year, Dr. Mather was listed among Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. Tony Mc Donald, Enterprise Ireland Chair: Leo Enright, Chairman, Discover Science and Engineering. |
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 31st October 2024 - 10:49 PM |
RULES AND GUIDELINES Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting. IMAGE COPYRIGHT |
OPINIONS AND MODERATION Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators. |
SUPPORT THE FORUM Unmannedspaceflight.com is funded by the Planetary Society. Please consider supporting our work and many other projects by donating to the Society or becoming a member. |