James Webb Space Telescope trailer

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:17 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMsAFFN9VD4

This new 90 second video produced at NASA hurls the viewer through space and asks if you can imagine seeing 13 billion years back in time, see the first stars, galaxies evolve and solar systems form. That's what the Webb telescope is going to show us after it launches in four years.

The movie trailer also shows some of the technological highlights included in the Webb space telescope, and creates excitement for the mission.

The James Webb Space Telescope is the next-generation premier space observatory, exploring deep space phenomena from distant galaxies to nearby planets and stars. The telescope will give scientists clues about the formation of the universe and the evolution of our own solar system, from the first light after the Big Bang to the formation of star systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth.

Diziet Sma · Post by **Diziet Sma** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:16 pm

Sounds exciting.. I hope cosmologists aren't too surprised by what they find.. (I'm firmly in the Electric Universe camp

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Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:20 pm

Diziet Sma wrote:
Sounds exciting.. I hope cosmologists aren't too surprised by what they find.. (I'm firmly in the Electric Universe camp )

From the site:

astrophysicists have circled their wagons and conjured up pseudo-scientific invisible entities such as neutron stars,

Neutron Stars - pseudo-scientific?!?

I'll just go and get a pinch of salt and sprinkle liberally on this website...

Diziet Sma · Post by **Diziet Sma** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:32 pm

I suggest you investigate in more depth.. E.U. proponents do tend to have strong views on certain theoretical constructs of gravitational model cosmologists.. and it tends to come out in statements like that, without the supporting background info.. but their theory is (IMO) as solid (actually, more so) as the mainstream view.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:36 pm

Diziet Sma wrote:
I suggest you investigate in more depth.. E.U. proponents do tend to have strong views on certain theoretical constructs of gravitational model cosmologists.. and it tends to come out in statements like that, without the supporting background info.. but their theory is (IMO) as solid (actually, more so) as the mainstream view.

I will read some more, but as an opening gambit, it's not a very enticing statement to make... (in the school of how to make friends and influence people type situation)

Diziet Sma · Post by **Diziet Sma** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:53 pm

I happen to agree with you.. but, that aside, the site is a good intro to the theory and concepts.

Threadjack over.. a separate thread would be the place to discuss this..