Get Nebula for 40% off with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/scienceasylum Then watch me in a D&D game: https://nebula.tv/videos/neurotransmissions-a-therapeutic-dungeons-dragons-oneshot?ref=scienceasylum The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, is the greatest telescope ever constructed. But between ballooning budgets, a decade and a half of launch delays, and a huge controversy over the name; getting this thing into space was a nightmare. Nick Lucid - Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid - Producer Thanks to Mr. Beat for the cameo: null ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Lagrange Points: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TryOFDe2K7M "Bowling Ball in a Boat" Paradox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-tCL7ORxs ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Real Engineering on JWST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aICaAEXDJQQ ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: null Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): http://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: http://shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceasylum/ ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: Bosphorus Asylum Orderlies: Dhruv Singhal, Medec Hurtz Einsteinium Crazies: Benjamin Sharef, Eoin O'Sullivan, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Kevin Flanagan, Sean K, YouTubeviewer2014 Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Fabio Manzini, Kevin MacLean, LT Marshall, Rick Myers, Vid Icarus Platinum Crazies: Christopher Bennett, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, Jonathan Reel, Joshua Gallagher, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Thomas V Lohmeier ________________________________ SOURCES NASA's Report on James Webb: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_historical_investigation_james_webb_0.pdf JWST History: https://www.stsci.edu/files/live/sites/www/files/home/hst/documentation/_documents/NextGenerationSpaceTelescope.pdf https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/about-jwst/history https://webbtelescope.org/news/milestones/mission-timeline https://www.planetary.org/articles/cost-of-the-jwst https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-18-273 James Webb History: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_E._Webb&oldid=427970219 https://hmoluseyi.medium.com/was-nasas-historic-leader-james-webb-a-bigot-131c821d5f12 https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2015/01/21/21510326/should-nasa-name-a-telescope-after-a-dead-guy-who-persecuted-gay-people-in-the-1950s https://web.archive.org/web/20150614012201/https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewfrancis/2015/06/11/the-problem-with-naming-observatories-for-bigots https://www.google.com/books/edition/Toward_Stonewall/foG86j3QEWgC?hl=en&gbpv=1 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-9835-prescribing-procedures-for-the-administration-employees-loyalty https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-10450-security-requirements-for-government-employment https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5e787d2d4653d0631857c2df ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-tCL7ORxs ________________________________ IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Space Images: https://www.nasa.gov/content/hubbles-mirror-flaw https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31186 JWST B-Roll and Simulations: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13521 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20358 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14016 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13375 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14381 https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/james-webb-space-telescope-mirror-seen-in-full-bloom Space Race Clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV80aC9V97w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d-q1Te1IuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw7CeN1xvIQ People: Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress, whitehouse.gov, and Getty Images ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Cold Open 00:39 Brainstorming JWST 02:06 Budget Problems 03:44 Launch Delays 05:03 Named after James Webb 05:33 Inflammatory Quote 06:13 Origin of Misinformation 07:22 Mr. Beat on the State Department 09:02 James Webb as the Deputy Secretary 09:49 The Lavender Scare 11:30 James Webb's Involvement 12:25 Executive Order 10450 13:06 Summary 13:55 Nebula Ad 14:15 Outro 15:24 Featured Comment