James Webb Space Telescope (ft. Benji Metha)

The Hubble Space Telescope has contributed to some of the most exciting science from the last 30 years, but technology has evolved. Now, we have Hubble 2: The Hubbling… more officially known as the James Webb Space Telescope. Friend of the show and return guest Benji Metha chats to Kate and Matt about this exciting telescope, all the amazing things it will be able to do, and all the trials and tribulations it has faced during development.

The picture of we discuss can be found at https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2015/3-scientistspl.jpg, and if you were wondering how one fits a 20m wide space telescope inside a 5m wide rocket check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpVz3UrSsE4.

This episode’s listener question then tackles the question of the common cold… does it actually have anything to do with temperature?

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Additional References:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030698771500417X

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/8/9/244/htm

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0954611108003429

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/iuatld/ijtld/2007/00000011/00000009/art00002

https://academic.oup.com/fampra/article/22/6/608/497956