Episode 345: DOWNLINK--Dr. Tupper Hyde
Learn with us from the Chief Engineer at Goddard about JWST's long path. How did expertise overcome and avoid difficulties? What makes JWST special?
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— JWST cryocooler
— Alternative tube configurations include U-bend and coaxial (PDF p7: trc.nist.gov)
— Testing shows the cryocooler is TWICE as efficient as required! (nasa.gov)
— JWST’s radiators are coated with BIRB (PDF: indico.cern.ch)
Short & Sweet
— Curiosity’s wheels take a lickin’ but keep on tickin’ (cnet.com)
— InSight weathers a dust storm (spacenews.com) (reddit.com/r/InSightLander)
— Astra receives first Part 450 (twitter.com/Astra) (spacepolicyonline.com)
Questions, comments, corrections
— Uncle_Willy via Discord: four reasons why running Oxy-rich is bad
— BreakingTaps on YT made a JWST Hexapod Actuator model!!! More on this next week. (youtube.com)
Interview – Tupper Hyde, Chief Engineer at NASA's Goddard Center
— Also discussed: the next generation of space telescopes is LUVOIR (en.wikipedia.org)
This week in Spaceflight history
— February 10th 2009, The collision of Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov) (PDF: castor2.ca) (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikibooks.org)
— Next week (2/15-2/21) in 2007: BC? More like BSee-you later!