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July 17, 2022By Ari Shapiro, Kat Lonsdorf, and Patrick Jarenwattanannon
This week, we got a new view of space. And it was epic. (click here)
Cosmic cliffs of glowing gas, spinning galaxies, dying stars. The James Webb telescope caught those images of ancient history — billions of light years away — showing what the universe looked like when it was just forming after the Big Bang.
Some 20,000 people worked on the project for almost two decades, including engineer Bill Ochs, who has been the project manager since 2011. He joined All Things Considered to share the journey to this monumental snapshot in time....
I am sincerely proud of the American space program, especially when it opens up the knowledge of astrophysicists (click here).
The James Webb telescope has began an entire new branch of science. This is the way a healthy society acts. It makes investments into the understanding of our world and it's place in all that is "out there." Every tax paying American contributed to this project by NASA. We, as a country, have the most advanced technology ever to understand the universe we are a part of and it is all good.
I congratulate NASA on this accomplishment and all allies that participated. The result is wonderful. We need to hear more and more.
