Episode 127: DSC 401407 + PRO 106 + JWST's Launch

Published: Jan. 9, 2022, 6:19 p.m.

b'Guest: Dr. Peter Gao \\n\\nPlanetary scientist Dr. Peter Gao beams aboard to discuss: the first half of Star Trek: Discovery\'s fourth season; the latest Star Trek: Prodigy episode, "Kobayashi"; and the successful launch and deployment of JWST, humanity\'s most powerful space telescope ever built.\\n\\n"The Five Big Ways the James Webb Telescope Will Help Astronomers Understand the Universe" by Shi En Kim: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-big-ways-james-webb-telescope-will-help-astronomers-understand-universe-180978303/\\n\\nArticles discussing why JWST should be renamed:\\n1. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-needs-to-rename-the-james-webb-space-telescope/\\n2. https://www.dailyuw.com/news/discoveries/article_7122ec66-353c-11ec-9731-b72c140e93b2.html\\n3. https://astrobites.org/2021/12/19/jwst_renaming/\\n\\nFollow us on Twitter!\\nMike: https://twitter.com/Miquai\\nPeter: https://twitter.com/PlanetaryGao'