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It's day one of NASA's
three day exhibit

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at this year's
South by Southwest

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festival in Austin, Texas,
a great way for people

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to learn more about
what comes after Hubble.

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So Amber, tell us a
little bit about what

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this is, and why did you
guys come to this festival?

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Well, this is the full scale
model of the James Webb Space

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Telescope.

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So this is a
successor to Hubble.

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And we're building it to answer
those big science questions

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that Hubble can't quite answer.

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And we wanted to bring it
here to Austin, because this

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is such a great festival.

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And also, because Texas
has a really big part

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in testing the James
Webb Space Telescope.

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So in just a few
years, the telescope

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will go down to Johnson
Space Center in Houston

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for a big test in
the huge Chamber A.

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After checking
out the full scale

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model of the Webb
Telescope, you can

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walk towards NASA's huge tent.

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But before you get
there, you walk

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by something that looks
like an outdoor museum.

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You can learn about what
Webb is going to teach us,

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when it's going to
be ready for launch,

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and just why sometimes
it's being referred

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to as a real life transformer.

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So once you're inside
the tent, there's

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all sorts of interesting
things to see and do.

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So what do you have here?

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Well, this is the
Ball Aerospace booth.

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And we build all of the mirrors
for the James Webb Space

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Telescope.

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So we have models
of each one of them.

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And what's great
is, it allows us

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to see what's actually
going on the backside

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where we have to have motors
to move the mirrors around

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to position them.

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And you can also see how
we take the material out

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to make the mirrors
light enough to launch.

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So these are not actually
the full scale model.

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No, the full scale
is much larger.

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But these give an
accurate representation.

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We also have an example here
of the reflective gold coating

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that we put on
the mirrors that's

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highly reflective in
the infrared wavelengths

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for James Webb operates.

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So Eileen, what's
going on over here?

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So over here, we have
an infrared camera

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like what's going to be on
the James Webb Space Telescope

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when he goes out in
space and around 2018.

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So I can show you how it works.

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OK.

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Here, we have a bucket
of cold ice water.

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All right.

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If you stick your
hand in there--

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Yeah, so cold.

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Very cold.

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Yeah, it is.

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And then take it out, and then
show it on this screen here.

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You are very dark.

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And that is because you're
very cold right there.

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And it's sensing temperatures.

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We can brighten you up here.

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And here is the best thing to
use the heat come down some.

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Oh, wow.

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Look at that.

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Thanks.

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It's like you're on fire.

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So I'm a blonde, at
least in infrared.

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Yeah, now you're a blonde.

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Great.

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The infrared camera, you can
see through transparent objects.

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So like this bag--

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OK.

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If you put your
hand in here, you're

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going to be able
to see through it.

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But what's happening on the
telescope is when it goes out

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in space, it's going
to use this camera

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to see through dusty
cloud formations.

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Right.

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So and that's what this
black bag represents.

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Yeah, exactly.

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It's the whole concept.

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And it'll be able to
see stars, and planets,

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and galaxy formations,
and stuff that you

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can't see in the visible light.

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And if you want to find out
more about astronomy and Webb,

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you can sit in on one of the
sessions at the NASA theater.

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It's launching in
October of 2018.

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So can I get my
picture taken here?

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Absolutely.

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All you have to
do is have a seat,

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and we'll take your picture.

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And it'll print out in
a couple of minutes.

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Great.

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Have a seat.

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You just want to look at the
camera, the red circle there.

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I'll give you a count down.

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One, two, three.

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All right.

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I'll put some information about
the James Webb Space Telescope

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on the back.

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And here is your picture.

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Great.

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See?

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I can take Webb home with me.

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But before you
call it a day, make

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sure you stop by the special
NASA booth at the Palmer Center

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next door.

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So what's going on over here?

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We have a display here of a
quarter size of the mirror.

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If you stand on the feet--

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OK.

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And you look down and look
into the various mirrors,

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it'll give you an idea of how
big the mirror actually is.

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And how small I am.

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And how small you are.

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And it's a little easier
to get the perception

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of how big the mirror is than
looking at them at full scale

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model outside.

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Right?

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Because the mirror
is way up in the sky.

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It's a little hard to--

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Get that perspective.

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Get attached to our
beautiful mirror.

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This special exhibit
goes through Sunday

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and is free to the public.

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Thanks for joining us
for this special edition

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of Behind the Webb at
South by Southwest.

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