# 38. Time Traveling With The James Webb Telescope

- Show: [The Next Byte Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast)
- Published: 2021-10-05
- Length: 23m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-05-38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope
- Listen: https://the-next-byte-wevolver.simplecast.com/episodes/38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope-L5AceUOa

## Summary

Hosts Daniel Scott Mitchell and Farbod Moghaddam discuss Professor Namiko Yamamoto’s NASA-funded research at Penn State on how concrete cures in microgravity, noting that trapped air bubbles reduce compressive strength and require modeling via NASA’s NASMAT tool for lunar construction. They highlight a Mouser Electronics challenge where winner Andy Philo designed a 3D-printed deployment mechanism for 'femtosatellites' that was successfully used by astronauts on the ISS. The episode concludes with an overview of the James Webb Space Telescope, explaining how its infrared capabilities allow it to peer through cosmic dust to observe galaxies from 250 million years after the Big Bang, surpassing the Hubble telescope's visible-light limitations.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-05-38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope#t=0) Introduction: Space Age and Concrete in Microgravity
- [1:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-05-38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope#t=64) Professor Namiko Yamamoto and Penn State Concrete Research
- [4:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-05-38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope#t=243) NASA’s NASMAT Tool and Multi-Scale Concrete Modeling
- [6:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-05-38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope#t=378) 3D Printing Lunar Habitats and Branch Technologies
- [8:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-05-38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope#t=483) Mouser Electronics Challenge and Andy Philo’s Femtosatellites
- [12:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-05-38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope#t=722) James Webb Space Telescope vs. Hubble Telescope
- [15:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-05-38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope#t=902) Infrared Capabilities and Seeing Through Cosmic Dust
- [18:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-05-38-time-traveling-with-the-james-webb-telescope#t=1113) James Webb as a Time Machine to the Big Bang

## Topics

- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Penn State (company)
- NASA (company)
- NASMAT (tool)
- SpaceX (company)
- Blue Origin (company)
- Rocket Lab (company)
- United Launch Alliance (company)
- ISS (other)
- Branch Technologies (company)
- Varda Space (company)
- Mouser Electronics (company)
- Andy Philo (other)
- James Webb Space Telescope (product)
- Hubble (product)
- European Space Agency (company)
- Canadian Space Agency (company)

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