Tech Tuesday: The Technology Behind The James Webb Space Telescope

Published January 4, 2022 at 9:19 AM EST

Engineers have made considerable progress in checking off NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s final series of tests at Northrop Grumman.

For fans of space flight, 2021 went out with a bang decades in the making

The James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched on Christmas morning 2021 from French Guiana.

We talk about the technology, how it compares to the legendary Hubble Telescope and more on our reboot of Tech Tuesday which, of course, welcomes back Russell Holly and the latest news in consumer electronics.

Guests:

Cristiano Lima, business reporter for The Washington Post and author of Post's Technology 202 newsletter
Scott Gaudi, Thomas Jefferson Chair of Astronomy at Ohio State University
Russell Holly, managing editor for commerce at CNET

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