Transporting the James Webb Telescope: How They Moved the World’s Most Valuable Object

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The James Webb telescope is an incredible piece of engineering that took many years and billions of dollars to make, but how did NASA transport such a delicate and valuable machine across the world? In this video we look at the different journeys that the James Webb telescope went through before it even left the ground.
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00:00 How They Moved the World’s Most Valuable Object
00:32 Complications with the James Webb Telescope
01:20 How Nasa Packaged the James Webb Telescope
01:34 STTARS Space Telescope Transporter
02:26 The Making of the James Webb Telescope's Mirror
04:03 Transporting the James Webb Telescope
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Written and edited by Ewan Cunningham ( / ewan_cee )
Narrated by: Beau Stucki (beaustucki.com/)
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  • Who’s excited to see Webb’s first images? - Shoutout to Brilliant for making this vid possible, check them out here! brilliant.org/primalspace/

    @primalspace@primalspace Жыл бұрын
    • ive seen them a coupple weeks ago.. also your next video could be about the ''micro'' meteor impact that happened not too long ago to one of webbs mirrors. the telescope is still okay but the image quality will be a bit more blurry. over all this is a really informational video and i like it a lot. keep up your content because im not missing A video that you make :D

      @nonstopdude1211@nonstopdude1211 Жыл бұрын
    • why not launch at Florida?

      @clarkkentmalabanan5626@clarkkentmalabanan5626 Жыл бұрын
    • @@nonstopdude1211 The micro meteor doesn't make any noteworthy damage at the JWST! Dont make Fakenews about the image quality. Nasa has announced that it is NOT affected.

      @christacker5098@christacker5098 Жыл бұрын
    • we give Israel 5 telescopes a year

      @danbam465@danbam465 Жыл бұрын
    • You are basically ripping off nasa videos and presenting them with your own voice and someone else's music? Get a life.

      @sharadbade21@sharadbade21 Жыл бұрын
  • I can not imagine how stressful that driver of the truck must have been having an 10 billion dollar telescope in your hands.

    @derek7737@derek7737 Жыл бұрын
    • 10*

      @TKOfromJohn@TKOfromJohn Жыл бұрын
    • I wonder if they had insurance on it lmao

      @Caedan@Caedan Жыл бұрын
    • @@Caedan I was just thinking about that too lol

      @SadWatermelon@SadWatermelon Жыл бұрын
    • @@Caedan It’s called the American Tax payers 😂

      @techboss202@techboss202 Жыл бұрын
    • Sorry but it's 10 billion dollars

      @ToastWithAGun@ToastWithAGun Жыл бұрын
  • I recently relocated and had to move an all tempered glass PC. I thought that was stressful lol

    @topherlions714@topherlions714 Жыл бұрын
    • 😆😆

      @CarlosSD@CarlosSD Жыл бұрын
    • Dang that’s quite a feat!

      @Simon-jv9bm@Simon-jv9bm Жыл бұрын
    • Not that hard

      @EmazingGuitar@EmazingGuitar Жыл бұрын
    • on a stone floor? Nice.

      @TobiasDettinger@TobiasDettinger Жыл бұрын
    • @@EmazingGuitar super hard actually

      @awesomeman116a@awesomeman116a Жыл бұрын
  • We cannot ignore the contribution of truck driver in its success. The feeling he must be having after seeing those images

    @SD-ef4qp@SD-ef4qp Жыл бұрын
    • yeah, it's mindblowing that one truck driver can tell everyone he drove the telescope taking these pictures ♥

      @PepekBezlepek@PepekBezlepek Жыл бұрын
  • Makes me so proud to be a trucker…like I tell people. Every single thing you will ever possibly use ever, will be transported by a truck at some point in its life…even things you personally won’t use, like a massive freaking space telescope.

    @ShawnTheDriver@ShawnTheDriver Жыл бұрын
    • Bro I personally use a massive freaking space telescope

      @mrvlacp@mrvlacp Жыл бұрын
    • @@mrvlacp yh i just ordered mine on wish

      @lovelaugh7299@lovelaugh7299 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you for keeping the country running

      @porcuspine2368@porcuspine2368 Жыл бұрын
    • Mad respect for all truckers - y’all literally carrying the economy on your backs and it’s not talked about enough 🙌🏽

      @dombag@dombag Жыл бұрын
    • Yep everything in the world is shipped by trucks, planes and boats and rarely even drones are being put to use lol

      @ohhkennny766@ohhkennny766 Жыл бұрын
  • Small thing, but route scouting would likely have been done by driving the route several times. Likely with a pole car at some point. Satellites and google street view miss a lot of low cables and things.

    @TheJttv@TheJttv Жыл бұрын
    • Actually they did that too

      @arm-np8us@arm-np8us Жыл бұрын
    • They could probably just take new satellite images

      @DomsYouTube@DomsYouTube Жыл бұрын
    • @E Van lol

      @mn20blue@mn20blue Жыл бұрын
    • eh, the US military has spy satellites nowadays, can see the route in real-time

      @reduced2ash@reduced2ash Жыл бұрын
    • "Jones, HOW could you not notice that this bridge is too low for us to get under??" Jones: "Well in the photos there was a cloud right over this part of the route.."

      @grantm6514@grantm6514 Жыл бұрын
  • If I knew all I had to do was build, a multi billion pound space telescope just to get the local pot holes filled, I would’ve done it ages ago.

    @JD4-70@JD4-70 Жыл бұрын
    • comment of the month

      @shk_huz@shk_huz Жыл бұрын
    • lmfao

      @HomoErectusOnUranus@HomoErectusOnUranus Жыл бұрын
    • See NASA did something useful on earth. Pothole fixed 😊

      @ARUSApacecarHAMPTON@ARUSApacecarHAMPTON Жыл бұрын
    • What you actually have to do is get walkable cities.

      @Humulator@Humulator Жыл бұрын
  • Imagine the level trust you must have to let one single person drive the truck that is towing the telescope

    @DomsYouTube@DomsYouTube Жыл бұрын
    • when it comes to transporting something that big or heavy, a single driver could not have done it. there must have been an army of route planners, road crews (to get traffic lights, signs and power lines out of the way) and spotters in addition to the driver to pull this transport off without damage.

      @mrxmry3264@mrxmry3264 Жыл бұрын
    • Dude is called George... Been hauling the most critical NASA stuff for years. But yes, he's part of a big team

      @Outland9000@Outland9000 Жыл бұрын
    • It's probably safer than letting 2 people drive it...

      @DubsnSubsSessions@DubsnSubsSessions Жыл бұрын
    • @@DubsnSubsSessions Why? One takes the pedals, the other one the steering. lol

      @hootymcowlface5161@hootymcowlface5161 Жыл бұрын
    • You need someone to explain INSURANCE to you.

      @christophresmerowski1824@christophresmerowski1824 Жыл бұрын
  • Imagine how stressful it must’ve been for the truck driver hauling the telescope. This wasn’t glassware or action figures this was an extremely delicate space telescope. (Wow 1.3k likes already, thanks)

    @joelvanwinkle5976@joelvanwinkle5976 Жыл бұрын
    • It's only the most expensive object in the world, no pressure

      @carso1500@carso1500 Жыл бұрын
    • That telescope is the best technology our civilization has! Yeah, no pressure for the driver - when he knows that somehow the future of our species is in his hands. And feet. Personally, if I was NASA, I assure that driver after successfully completing this task - will retire with a good pension and no worries after.

      @M4V3RiCkU235@M4V3RiCkU235 Жыл бұрын
    • It’s not really that delicate i mean it rode a rocket to space, not exactly a soft ride.

      @tomorowsnobodys@tomorowsnobodys Жыл бұрын
    • If your worried about hauling something like that your not qualified to haul it and you don't it just that simple. The truckers who do things like that are the best of the best and wouldn't try it unless they knew it would be successful.

      @collinscody57@collinscody57 Жыл бұрын
    • @@carso1500 naah the most expensive thing that human has ever made is the International space station

      @prakhar6852@prakhar6852 Жыл бұрын
  • employer: what's your truck driving experience? driver: i drove the james webb telescope. employer: you're over-qualified

    @jemaradrao740@jemaradrao740 Жыл бұрын
    • That got a genuine LOL from me, thanks! :)

      @AlbertaGeek@AlbertaGeek Жыл бұрын
  • The amount research involved is beyond amazing. Scientists are the real superstar of human civilization.

    @mdsr640@mdsr640 Жыл бұрын
    • No, engineers still are.

      @Kelvinpierre99@Kelvinpierre99 Жыл бұрын
    • @@Kelvinpierre99 nah its african american rappers, they went from being farming equipment in slavery, to becoming millionares and role models for children.

      @s.k.9774@s.k.9774 Жыл бұрын
    • @@Kelvinpierre99 wait who came first scientist or engineer?

      @AnimeLover-hg4sg@AnimeLover-hg4sg Жыл бұрын
    • @@AnimeLover-hg4sg technological advances predates the scientific method

      @biggibbs4678@biggibbs4678 Жыл бұрын
    • @@biggibbs4678 how can technology exist without science?

      @AnimeLover-hg4sg@AnimeLover-hg4sg Жыл бұрын
  • Grain of space sand teleports thru you at 40km/second "Nothin personal kid"

    @dmurray2978@dmurray2978 Жыл бұрын
    • I know Webb has already been hit by micrometeors, but I think it’s okay?

      @Penultimeat@Penultimeat Жыл бұрын
    • @@Penultimeat its okay, it was designed for that, and they expected impacts. It has been hit several times by the time it made the news, its just sites clickbaiting the hell out of us because they know we have been waiting for years to see it launch. There was nothing news worthy about it, its just a neat piece of trivia. The telescope is fine and fully operational. It will be hit alot of times in its life cycle, nasa predicted that and designed it to be able to compensate for it

      @MrMegaMetroid@MrMegaMetroid Жыл бұрын
  • Some of the best space content out there! Thanks primal!

    @macebobkasson1629@macebobkasson1629 Жыл бұрын
    • Liver king out

      @WhatOldClips@WhatOldClips Жыл бұрын
  • I currently work at the NJ facility that coated the mirrors with the gold coating. I didn't personally do it, but I work with those who did. It's pretty cool knowing that.

    @RonTon89@RonTon89 Жыл бұрын
    • Ronny S I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
    • @@flat-eartherno shut up.

      @FlatEarthKiller@FlatEarthKiller Жыл бұрын
    • I live across the street from the Northrop Grumman facility that shipped the telescope. Idk how I missed it lol 😂

      @dumbguy2y463@dumbguy2y4638 ай бұрын
  • I like how much effort time and money went into this but everyone working on it also knew " it'd be a miracle if it actually gets there" lol crazy but well done, very well done.

    @CerealKiller669@CerealKiller669 Жыл бұрын
    • Yuuuup. Working in the space industry, even if your project is a "Class A" (top level projects, such as the Webb), there is always a chance that it may get cancelled, even after years of work, and tons of money invested. You just have to ignore that possibility, and always work as if it is going to be launched into space.

      @slinkeyj3@slinkeyj3 Жыл бұрын
  • When this video was done, I stretched out and then looked at them time. That video was only 8 minutes long?!?! I felt like I was sitting here for a half an hour. But not in a bad way like I was bored. Instead, it was like the creators of this crammed a 30 minute video into 8 minutes. I learned SO FREAKING MUCH in that short time span. 10/10 video. Well done. Upvoting is pretty much obligatory at this point.

    @The_Pariah@The_Pariah Жыл бұрын
    • same. but I felt bored.

      @salsabilahmedshrestho960@salsabilahmedshrestho960 Жыл бұрын
    • @@salsabilahmedshrestho960 Sorry to hear that :(

      @The_Pariah@The_Pariah Жыл бұрын
  • This is just breathtaking. Collaboration really can move us forward. Kudos to the men and women behind the project!

    @777dnangel@777dnangel Жыл бұрын
  • The stuff that is mined isn't beryllium "powder", it's beryllium "ore". There are a couple main kinds. The ore isn't "purified", the ore is beryllium metal that is chemically bound into various minerals, and the beryllium metal has to be extracted from the ore by complicated chemical and thermal processing. The metal may then be further processed for a particular end product, I would think the beryllium used in the JWT is highly pure.

    @randydewees7338@randydewees7338 Жыл бұрын
    • No shit

      @o.v4069@o.v4069 Жыл бұрын
    • "I would think the beryllium used in the JWT is highly pure." So... they Purified it?

      @neon9165@neon9165 Жыл бұрын
    • captain fuckin obvious

      @PvtParts-yk6dw@PvtParts-yk6dw Жыл бұрын
    • @@neon9165 😂😂

      @artisticyeti22@artisticyeti22 Жыл бұрын
  • the only word that comes to mind after watching this video is wow.. i can't wait for the future of space exploration and new discoveries

    @RobbieBeswick@RobbieBeswick Жыл бұрын
  • Extraordinary video!!! Btw... Would love a video on the mechazilla chopsticks that catch the starship, especially on the pulley and rail system it uses to move up and down the tower

    @husamuddinchittalwala2719@husamuddinchittalwala2719 Жыл бұрын
  • Incredible. I had no idea it was this complex and meticulous. What an enormous accomplishment for mankind.

    @knightimer2@knightimer2 Жыл бұрын
  • Always love these videos. Thank you. 🙏

    @Luke..luke..luke..@Luke..luke..luke.. Жыл бұрын
  • how much my young mind loves to learn and so do this telescope, I knew people put their souls and heart into making this project a success, but i didn't know how MUCH they have put. gotta respect the thousands of people who worked for this✋✋

    @walter4708@walter4708 Жыл бұрын
    • Most likely a horrendous waste of time... and money.

      @christophresmerowski1824@christophresmerowski1824 Жыл бұрын
  • Great video, I was entertained the entire way through.

    @ClydeYouTuber@ClydeYouTuber Жыл бұрын
  • the truck driver must've felt like the main protagonist and we are just in his movie lol

    @CerealKiller669@CerealKiller669 Жыл бұрын
    • NOODLES_ I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
  • Jeez, imagine being the driver of that truck with $10B on your back.

    @lain11644@lain11644 Жыл бұрын
    • The most expensive payload in history. Imagine he stress for the rocket team. They could have reduced this thing to small pieces if the Ariane 5 failed.

      @techdefined9420@techdefined9420 Жыл бұрын
    • the most expensive thing i ever transported (on a forklift) was a jet engine worth 10 million. and it wasn't even a big one, maybe a meter and a half in diameter.

      @mrxmry3264@mrxmry3264 Жыл бұрын
    • dude was using a walkie talkie with one hand and steering with another while looking like its just another day on the job 5:32

      @klipklapklop3359@klipklapklop3359 Жыл бұрын
    • @@klipklapklop3359 What a legendary man.

      @user-ko1hi1fy9z@user-ko1hi1fy9z Жыл бұрын
  • Excellent Vidoe with Full detail 🖤

    @junaic@junaic Жыл бұрын
  • My respect for NASA increased by million folds after watching this video.

    @social.2184@social.2184 Жыл бұрын
    • And it's already broken.

      @lylejohnston4125@lylejohnston4125 Жыл бұрын
    • @@lylejohnston4125 It isn't broken, its damaged, and they expected this to happen. It is still fully functional.

      @user-rr5ce1wb2j@user-rr5ce1wb2j Жыл бұрын
    • @@lylejohnston4125 Like a small scratch on camera lens, you won't even notice it in the pictures. And in the few lighting conditions that would show can be corrected afterwards. Virtually no difference.

      @Supernov4@Supernov4 Жыл бұрын
    • Why? This was probably the easiest part of all.

      @TheCameltotem@TheCameltotem Жыл бұрын
  • This has to be the most expensive thing ever hauled by a single truck.

    @cinderclawz@cinderclawz Жыл бұрын
    • Nope that was little boy the first atomic bomb it cost ruffly twice as much as the JWST

      @collinscody57@collinscody57 Жыл бұрын
    • @@collinscody57 you are confusing the program cost with the prototype cost. The JWST is a one off telescope that was built using existing infrastructures and special tools that may not be used again to make a second one. The Manhattan project was 25 Billions but including the building of plutonium production facilities and all the research labs that have been use for every bombs designed and produced at that time and years after. It would have been true if the story of nuclear weapons stopped right there. You have to at least spread the costs between the 4 Fat Man bombs (trinity, Nagazaki, 2x Cross Roads) and the Little Boy which needed much less R&D costs as the design was simple. SO basically each bomb costs 7 Billions at most with your logic, non considering reusable hardware (centriguation plants, plutonium reactors, labs...). In case of the JWST most of the R&D budget and spare hardwae won't be kept as assets because the next gen telescope of that type will push things much further again, requiring all knew techs again.

      @simonrano8072@simonrano8072 Жыл бұрын
    • @@simonrano8072 your talking about its manufacturing cost not its value. It was never sold and I can GUARANTEE you that if the US had sold it they could have made alot more than the 7 billion inflation adjusted dollar you think it's worth.

      @collinscody57@collinscody57 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@collinscody57 and you are takling about the value of the use of the object. In this case I could say Little Boy was useless because they had to drop a second bomb to stop the war. you are also confusing selling the technology to selling the product. Purchasing a 7 billion bomb is a bad move as such one piece fail you have nothing. To add to the topic 5 copies of Little Boy where made. The one that detonated had a lot of value regarding history timeline but at the moment they left it the only car taken was to ignite it, in case of failure they had spare ones...

      @simonrano8072@simonrano8072 Жыл бұрын
    • @@simonrano8072 No I am talking about the bomb its self being worth in excess of a 10 billion at the time if sold the technology is basically worthless at the time as no country had the time or security to actually build one themselves to end the war. As for the second bombing that was because Russia was invading Japan's Northern islands and the US wanted the islands for themselves. As for the other 5 they built its like owning a Picasso sure a forger can make it look 99.999% the same doesn't make it worth the same

      @collinscody57@collinscody57 Жыл бұрын
  • For anyone who notices signs, the video of the container transport is utterly bewildering. It's like when you know the city shown in a movie and realize that the actors just teleported 30 miles during a sentence. It's because a lot wasn't mentioned. And the video is out of order, and it shows parts he wasn't describing. The container was developed at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. That's why 4:36 and 5:24 show it between DC and Annapolis. 5:26: Summers Trucking from PA has been doing NASA's trucking for 15 years (they have a video on this on their company page). A NASA page says it was trucked from Goddard to JB Andrews and flown on a C-5 to Houston to be checked out at Johnson, which is why 4:34 shows Texas-style horizontal traffic lights and Middlebrook Dr (presumably the one in Houston). After that, it was flown to somewhere near LA and then to Redondo Beach, which is probably why 4:41 has "Entering Pasadena" when it's 25 miles out of the path between Redondo Beach and Seal Beach. Then all the stuff the video said. Interesting that Summers Trucking got to drive it in French Guyana too.

    @timmcdaniel6193@timmcdaniel6193 Жыл бұрын
    • "and realize that the actors just teleported 30 miles during a sentence" reminds me of national treasure 2. there is a car chase scene in london. i know london well enough to immediately realize that they jumped all over the place. it all starts at buckingham palace, and before long they are in the city of london (several miles east), heading back towards buckingham palace.

      @mrxmry3264@mrxmry3264 Жыл бұрын
    • @@mrxmry3264 C.f. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" when I lived near D.C. And I'm sure there are thousands of other examples. The problem is that they use local famous places to establish a feeling of being there, without regard for actual usage.

      @timmcdaniel6193@timmcdaniel6193 Жыл бұрын
  • 5:44 Driver’s elbow casually out the window as if to say “No big deal, folks!”

    @DavidMcCoul@DavidMcCoul Жыл бұрын
  • Simply incredible. What a piece of engineering. And a NEW word was created - "segaments." Amazing!

    @bobboberson2024@bobboberson2024 Жыл бұрын
  • Good grief, I never heard about this part of the telescope's delivery. Fucking insane and awesome at the same time.

    @chaosfire321@chaosfire321 Жыл бұрын
  • Nice, but you missed the stop in Houston at the Johnson Space Center. I saw it late one evening being routed around the back streets in the Clear Lake area. I wondered what kind of item would warrant a convoy of vehicles and at night. Asked a friend who would know of such things, and he confirmed that it was what I suspected. It was intended to be a quiet visit to JSC for thermal vacuum chamber testing.

    @clarkgriswold-zr5sb@clarkgriswold-zr5sb Жыл бұрын
    • Shoulda tried to put a finger print on it

      @puppy3908@puppy3908 Жыл бұрын
    • @@puppy3908 no then it would have delayed the launch it will go over budget again

      @scifegaming3039@scifegaming3039 Жыл бұрын
  • Truly breathtaking journey

    @f1recharge854@f1recharge8548 ай бұрын
  • Stunning video. Thank you.

    @paranoidandroid1997@paranoidandroid1997 Жыл бұрын
  • He calling my insurance company after telling them I hit a 10 billion dollar telescope

    @Thomas-vm1jy@Thomas-vm1jy Жыл бұрын
  • how were mirror pieces transported between those locations?

    @NoNameAtAll2@NoNameAtAll2 Жыл бұрын
    • Carefully lol

      @lululegende1407@lululegende1407 Жыл бұрын
    • In the back of a pickup.

      @robertpalmer3166@robertpalmer3166 Жыл бұрын
    • By truck

      @joelvanwinkle5976@joelvanwinkle5976 Жыл бұрын
    • It took a lot of reflecting

      @thomasreese2816@thomasreese2816 Жыл бұрын
    • @@lululegende1407 well... yeah

      @Helperbot-2000@Helperbot-2000 Жыл бұрын
  • I was hoping for more details. Crazy amazing, of course.

    @swoondrones@swoondrones Жыл бұрын
  • Thx for the Video !

    @4TwEnti-@4TwEnti- Жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely outstanding! Incredible research, expertly presented. This was the Gold Standard to which all YTers should aspire. Great topic, learned a ton, thanks!

    @erideimos1207@erideimos1207 Жыл бұрын
  • Such an extraordinary effort. They know there’s more out there. More than just ice on a planet. Somewhere far. We just can’t see it.

    @81silvermj@81silvermj Жыл бұрын
  • Humankind’s most advanced space instrument, transported in the most meticulous way imaginable to the launch site

    @DavidMcCoul@DavidMcCoul Жыл бұрын
  • Oh how I love this channel

    @LSF17@LSF17 Жыл бұрын
  • Great video man, thanks!

    @hertogyarno746@hertogyarno746 Жыл бұрын
  • I wonder how many people physically aged 10-70 years from stress during the entire moving process. I imagine after the truck driver finished their part, someone else opened the cab to find a pile of dust.

    @SpectreNight@SpectreNight Жыл бұрын
    • Schrödinger I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
  • Great video! Thanks for the very useful information. Any specific reason they had to ship it from French Guiana? Why couldn't they send it space from the US? The logistics of handling this would have costed very much and also put a lot of stress on people...

    @jfkno12@jfkno12 Жыл бұрын
    • When you launch closer to the equator you get a speed boost from the earth's rotation mean you need less fuel or you can lift more wieght. Also the Europeans paid for and built the rocket as there part of it.

      @collinscody57@collinscody57 Жыл бұрын
    • And Ariane 5 is known to be one of the safest rocket in the world.

      @lo2.220@lo2.220 Жыл бұрын
    • As far as I know, when the rocket was choosen, it was the only one (in western countries) able to launch such a big thing And going to Florida would have nearly been as far away in kms, but much further north

      @astree214@astree214 Жыл бұрын
    • And the Europeans paid for the Ariane 5, as part of thier contribution.

      @tractorsold1@tractorsold1 Жыл бұрын
  • I just realized this video came out before the first Webb images were released! I trust they did not disappoint!

    @meh23p@meh23p Жыл бұрын
  • dang never really thought of this, thanks!

    @SpaceflightRocketShorts@SpaceflightRocketShorts Жыл бұрын
  • The trucking company is from Ephrata Pennsylvania. Family owned company. The company has been moving stuff for NASA for years 👍.

    @MyHiDef@MyHiDef Жыл бұрын
  • If the equipment is so sensitive how did they launch it into space? Wouldn't the vibrations of launch be too much?

    @fashionablylate9045@fashionablylate9045 Жыл бұрын
    • It's sensitive as in even a few particles of dust would ruin the polished surface, the material itself is rather strong.

      @Granolora@Granolora10 ай бұрын
  • See the incredible things people can do when working together! BRAVO!

    @everlastinggobstopper4569@everlastinggobstopper4569 Жыл бұрын
    • @@flat-earther Yeah, it's closer to an oblate spheroid with some bumps and valleys. What's your point? That commenter never mentioned anything about the shape of Earth.

      @bane2201@bane2201 Жыл бұрын
    • @@bane2201 Come on I'm just suggesting, it's a random comment to you. See link to it in my about tab. I suggest watch it first before criticizing.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
    • @@flat-eartherno. His video is science illiterate. Science means knowledge in latin.

      @FlatEarthKiller@FlatEarthKiller Жыл бұрын
  • Great documentary, thanks!!

    @jackallread@jackallread Жыл бұрын
  • I still doubt somebody might have dropped one or the equipment in the telescope and it is working perfectly out there and that guy must have felt great relief now... Lol

    @137akash@137akash Жыл бұрын
    • Imagine the night before transporting the telescope, the the guy thinking "man I know I left that screw kind of loose, should I go and tell everybody?"

      @matetocol368@matetocol368 Жыл бұрын
  • Wow this was amazing!

    @edwardfrench6@edwardfrench6 Жыл бұрын
  • That was nice, Bravo.

    @bruhbroseph@bruhbroseph Жыл бұрын
  • The individual mirror segments were fabricated from beryllium certainly because of low weight, but primarily because it has superlative low thermal expansion. The mast-mounted _Long Bow_ radar added to select _Apache_ military helicopters was (agonizingly!) fabricated from beryllium as well for its additional mechanical property of vibration resistance. The truck drove at approximately 8 km/hr not because the STTARS rig was heavy (or unaerodynamic!), but because of vibration mitigation. You should have investigated the matter of how much insurance is necessary to transport a $10 billion space telescope those number of miles on the road and sea. Now _that_ would have a fun fact!

    @brianhiles8164@brianhiles8164 Жыл бұрын
    • I'd be interested in what insurance company even dares to insure a $10B telescope for transport

      @PapaLurts@PapaLurts Жыл бұрын
    • @@PapaLurts 100% agree. It would be crazy, or stupid, for Nasa Esa or any insurance company to just think about putting an insurance on that. I don't know in the USwith Nasa, but in Europe, ESA is its own insurance company (yes, "IS" ,not "has").

      @astree214@astree214 Жыл бұрын
  • it's a good thing they keep it's sea route a secret until it's safely at the Guiana Space Center with ariane 5, cause if modern day pirates knows of the telescope it'll be a nightmare for everyone who worked/followed it.

    @Charles-7@Charles-7 Жыл бұрын
    • ..kept it's sea route a secret.......you mean to say

      @2o4II112II26o2@2o4II112II26o2 Жыл бұрын
    • @@2o4II112II26o2 oh yeah i meant to say that.

      @Charles-7@Charles-7 Жыл бұрын
  • Shout-out to that driver, I can't imagine how nerve racking that is.

    @TheRandompaint@TheRandompaint Жыл бұрын
  • cant wait to see the first photos in a few days

    @austinskylines@austinskylines Жыл бұрын
  • Would it be awesome if there was a telescope manufacturer that manufactured miniature James Webb telescopes for home use.

    @sonny12681@sonny12681 Жыл бұрын
    • Instead of $10 billion, you get it at a discount of $10 million.

      @SnoopyDoofie@SnoopyDoofie Жыл бұрын
    • @@SnoopyDoofie nasa should have just bought 100 these

      @pedropedrohan102@pedropedrohan102 Жыл бұрын
    • I’m fascinated by the fact that you think it could work like that.

      @Penultimeat@Penultimeat Жыл бұрын
    • Even the real Webb would work on the ground. It has to be nearly at absolute zero, and all the infrared radiation from everything on Earth and the air itself would drown out anything from space.

      @aliensinnoh1@aliensinnoh1 Жыл бұрын
  • Imagine the type of pressure that driver would have handling a 10billion dollar project

    @okoyeemmanuelemeka7648@okoyeemmanuelemeka7648 Жыл бұрын
    • According to other comments, the driver has worked with nasa, hauling their equipment, for a long time, so he is probably somewhat used to the pressure by now.

      @Granolora@Granolora10 ай бұрын
  • Such an amazing feat of human engineering and collaboration. Mabuhay!

    @tagosadilim@tagosadilim Жыл бұрын
    • tagosadilim I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
  • I'm just picturing myself driving that truck and I would probably be shaking like a lot.

    @milkytoast5454@milkytoast5454 Жыл бұрын
    • right? same!

      @primalspace@primalspace Жыл бұрын
  • No mention of the precautions taken to avoid any trouble on the sea?

    @thatguy7595@thatguy7595 Жыл бұрын
  • 95% video "how nasa built Webb" + sponsor. The last 5% "ho yeah he also did 40km by truck and took the boat, fu". :'-D

    @gmaildinozz@gmaildinozz Жыл бұрын
  • Looking at the overhead signs we see the footage of the convoy being led to the port the signs say Washington DC and Annapolis, must be library footage.

    @kevinbaird7277@kevinbaird7277 Жыл бұрын
  • Wouldve loved to see the journey in french guyana and placing on top of the Ariane rocket aswell!

    @katchaontheflipside@katchaontheflipside4 ай бұрын
  • The most surprising part of this is that Alabama actually produces something useful.

    @EMCF_@EMCF_ Жыл бұрын
  • Did anyone ever stop to think that it might have been easier to create a facility near the location that it would end up?

    @ronvavra@ronvavra Жыл бұрын
    • Duke Of Hesse I suggest watch _What on earth happened_ 13 parts by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
    • @@flat-earther Not sure what you are getting at.

      @ronvavra@ronvavra Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@ronvavra His brain waves are flat. 😂

      @srinitaaigaura@srinitaaigaura Жыл бұрын
  • Worth every cent.

    @swoondrones@swoondrones Жыл бұрын
  • What a cool presentation! Thank you.

    @bungietwab4868@bungietwab4868 Жыл бұрын
    • Bungie TWAB I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
  • 100 specs of dust, still not clean enough if you ask Mum.

    @PeterKocic@PeterKocic Жыл бұрын
  • Salute to NASA

    @mohsinali3342@mohsinali3342 Жыл бұрын
    • Absolutely!

      @primalspace@primalspace Жыл бұрын
  • Miraclous, Magestic WORK,

    @759Alexander@759Alexander Жыл бұрын
  • At 5:22, why does the route from Redondo Beach, CA to Seal Beach, CA involve Hwy 50 between Washington DC and Annapolis, MD?

    @c.w.9501@c.w.9501 Жыл бұрын
  • call me ignorant, but why are we surprised they made a "strong" shipping container for something that was meant to withstand takeoff? amazing video nonetheless

    @oustoure5209@oustoure5209 Жыл бұрын
    • The telescope itself doesn't "takeoff". the telescope goes inside the rocket which is also a "strong" shipping container. the rocket is meant to withstand takeoff, the telescope is just built to withstand deployment and it's orbit around the sun.

      @itainteasy@itainteasy Жыл бұрын
    • Exactly so why are you so shocked that they had to create a shipping container to travel across country when exiting earths orbit is 10x more dangerous and rough

      @oustoure5209@oustoure5209 Жыл бұрын
    • @@oustoure5209 there is no shock, the shipping container wasn't for the rocket... it was for the telescope that is protected inside the rocket on launch. Until it's in the rocket it needs something equivalent to protect it.

      @itainteasy@itainteasy Жыл бұрын
  • Plot holes had to be filled and the container had to stay perfectly level …why? You’re afraid to shake it a bit BEFORE you strap it onto a rocket and yeet it into space?

    @arwo1143@arwo1143 Жыл бұрын
    • Right? Also if the Mirrors need to be that Perfect. What is Protecting them in Space? there is a lot of little stuff flying out there. I say it was a 10 Billion Money Laundry hoax.

      @MaxVax-dh7rh@MaxVax-dh7rh Жыл бұрын
    • Min maxing noob

      @WadaZable@WadaZable Жыл бұрын
    • Is there any pot holes in space?

      @Vel_In_Love@Vel_In_Love Жыл бұрын
    • Its most likely to not damage the container which is air-tight.

      @advancedmicrosystems4658@advancedmicrosystems4658 Жыл бұрын
  • Wow, this is just incredible

    @lawrencemaweu@lawrencemaweu4 ай бұрын
    • So glad you agree!

      @primalspace@primalspace4 ай бұрын
  • Here after that miraculous shot that became a viral tweet. Honestly so damn fascinating and makes me love space even more

    @reldrago@reldrago Жыл бұрын
    • Which one? The Conrad “Holy Shot”? Not sure how you found this from that, though; I’m curious to know.

      @EMichaelBall@EMichaelBall11 ай бұрын
  • I'm confused. They're worried about little potholes and keeping it level as possible the whole time when they send it up in a rocket which surely severely rattles it?

    @slashmaster2@slashmaster2 Жыл бұрын
    • Different loads. Driving was horizontally, flying in the rocket vertically. The carbon fiber frame of JWST was made to withstand vertical loads.

      @techdefined9420@techdefined9420 Жыл бұрын
    • @@techdefined9420 besides, there are stresses that can be controlled, such as the potholes, and ones that can’t, like the rocket launch. If you can control it, it’s better to do so, no reason to subject it to unnecessary stress. A somewhat good analogy to life.

      @IronHexacyanoferrate@IronHexacyanoferrate Жыл бұрын
    • @@IronHexacyanoferrate Damn bro that's almost as deep as the potholes in my country's roads.

      @mohit_50@mohit_50 Жыл бұрын
  • 1:51 “This container was so clean that no more than one hundred particles, much smaller than the width of human hair, could be present inside the container.”. I somehow doubt that…

    @phivpap8632@phivpap8632 Жыл бұрын
    • There is some standards to determine the level of cleanliness of a room. With an ISO 1 room (the cleanest), 100 is maybe a bit too low but it is definitely in this order of magnitude. The standard tells about 10 veryyyyyyy small particle by cubic meter. That is if the container is ISO1, which is probably very hard to obtain even with a permanent room

      @Misterfloflomovievideo@Misterfloflomovievideo Жыл бұрын
    • @@Misterfloflomovievideo Yeah you're right. Highly unlikely (most likely impossible) that they manage to clean a huge movable container with a gigantic telescope inside so well.

      @phivpap8632@phivpap8632 Жыл бұрын
    • @@phivpap8632 the clean room was assembled inside another clean room, with all parts being individually inspected beforehand. Its not impossible in the slightest, it wouldnt even be the first time someone had done that

      @MrMegaMetroid@MrMegaMetroid Жыл бұрын
    • @@MrMegaMetroid well it depends on what you mean by "particle" I guess

      @phivpap8632@phivpap8632 Жыл бұрын
    • @@phivpap8632 are we gonna be a smartass and count the particles the observatory is made off or am i gonna actually learn something about clean rooms in your next reply

      @MrMegaMetroid@MrMegaMetroid Жыл бұрын
  • Loving your Videos

    @manjusarma2286@manjusarma2286 Жыл бұрын
    • Who doesn’t

      @Galaxyca@Galaxyca Жыл бұрын
  • Truly Incredible

    @hafizurmahdi5284@hafizurmahdi5284 Жыл бұрын
    • Agreed!

      @primalspace@primalspace Жыл бұрын
  • There’s a massive difference between value and price, especially in this case. You can throw all the money in the world at something, but it will never make it valuable.

    @FritzAdler@FritzAdler Жыл бұрын
    • are you implying that the Webb telescope is not valuable

      @nytro8027@nytro8027 Жыл бұрын
    • @@nytro8027 hardly even worth its weight in scrap metal.

      @NineteenEighty8@NineteenEighty8 Жыл бұрын
    • @@NineteenEighty8 i'd love to hear your reasoning behind this

      @nytro8027@nytro8027 Жыл бұрын
    • @@nytro8027 just because they spent $10b doesn't mean it's worth ten billion.

      @NineteenEighty8@NineteenEighty8 Жыл бұрын
    • @@nytro8027 There's a massive difference between inferring and implying, especially in this case. You can throw all the inference in the world at something, but it will never mean it has been implied.

      @itainteasy@itainteasy Жыл бұрын
  • An important distinction is that none of this was necessary. The entire telescope could've been built at a single location, and launched nearby. The rest is zip-code contracting, namely you can only get Congress to shell out money for a project like this if the senators that sign out the money get something back to their states. So space gets turned into a jobs program.

    @almafuertegmailcom@almafuertegmailcom Жыл бұрын
    • Is that really relevant to this video though?

      @brettvv7475@brettvv7475 Жыл бұрын
    • @@brettvv7475 yes it is. It gives an insight into the thinking behind the politics behind this amazing sat.

      @catlee8064@catlee8064 Жыл бұрын
    • @@catlee8064 But this video is describing the logistics. What does politics have to do with that?

      @brettvv7475@brettvv7475 Жыл бұрын
    • @@brettvv7475 I'd say it is. The video implies that those were actual engineering necessities, and that the complexity of the telescope required such activities. That is not the case.

      @almafuertegmailcom@almafuertegmailcom Жыл бұрын
    • @@brettvv7475 the logistics yes...because moving the mirror 19 times round the country is also politics.

      @catlee8064@catlee8064 Жыл бұрын
  • Amazing

    @yzzxxvv@yzzxxvv Жыл бұрын
  • crazy how people wants to explore new planet and solar system..while the earth is dying because of climate change .it should invest in keeping the earth alive than wasting money sending object to outer space..

    @hollahop1174@hollahop1174 Жыл бұрын
    • 70% of our ocean is unexplored lol. nasa is just a way for our government to milk money form taxes and pocket leftover money not spent.

      @NineteenEighty8@NineteenEighty8 Жыл бұрын
  • The way they are transporting it makes me think of something I passed (in Florida). No idea what they were transporting but lots of cop cars guarding the truck and giving it space. It was super long. I now think it was a rocket/satellite they were transporting. Made the bezare experience cooler in memory.

    @dragonprincess2925@dragonprincess29253 ай бұрын
  • Remarkable Engineering!

    @vasiovasio@vasiovasio Жыл бұрын
    • Radoslav Ivanov I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
  • 2:32 You should also check out the speed of sound in beryllium compared to other elements.

    @Jay_Flippen@Jay_Flippen Жыл бұрын
  • Amazing.

    @francesbernard2445@francesbernard2445 Жыл бұрын
  • Humans are really curious about the space , so much effort went into this

    @KiranKumarAshok@KiranKumarAshok Жыл бұрын
  • I forgot its already in space before he reminded me of it LOL Its been too long in the pre launch Phase. 0:39

    @Hussein_Nur@Hussein_Nur Жыл бұрын
  • That trucking company made bannnnnnk. Sick how the video shows the actual truck and name. That’s what’s up. Mad props

    @anth0r@anth0r Жыл бұрын
    • anth0r I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
  • Yay beau is back

    @racistman928@racistman928 Жыл бұрын
  • Proud of Ohio for being part of this project. Even if it was just our standard milling that's all Ohio is corn and cnc

    @solidsnakedred@solidsnakedred Жыл бұрын
    • Solid Snake I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
    • ofc someone would comment about the mention of Ohio lmfao

      @UwU-ok2jr@UwU-ok2jr Жыл бұрын
  • I was lucky enough to see the JWST when it made a stop in Houston at Johnson Space Center

    @RCPhotosVideos@RCPhotosVideos Жыл бұрын
    • RCPhotosVideos I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.

      @flat-earther@flat-earther Жыл бұрын
  • Unfortunate sound problem in this video 🙁 But hey, Beau is back!

    @vistabuntuu@vistabuntuu Жыл бұрын
  • Very cool

    @4realGTFOH@4realGTFOH Жыл бұрын
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