MSNBC The 11th Hour December 23, 2021 07:59:00
Telescope needs to be kept very, very cold which isn't always possible when you are orbiting around the sun. so a five layer sun shield will need to unfold around the mirror to keep it protected at an spf of over 1 million. scientists and astronomers are understandably nervous, but excited. >> it's kind of a cliché to say that it is going to change the course of astronomy, but it might very well do that because it is such a leap in capabilities. >> we're gonna learn some things about how galaxies were formed and how earth came into being, it is going to shape our textbooks going forward. >> w...