[SRI] JWST LAUNCH: EuroMoonMars & Space Renaissance Virtual Event (Video)
Da: space-renaissance-initiative per conto di Adriano V. Autino, SRI, President
A report by Serena Crotti (EuroMoonMars Chair), on the live event of December 24th 2021.
The initiative took place on 24th December at 1pm CET and it was organised in collaboration with Space Renaissance International (SRI). The event — which was broadcast live on SRI official youtube channel — was a fruitful moment of explanation, debate and questioning on different aspects of the Webb Telescope. The initial idea behind the organisation of the virtual session was to meet in the presence of some guests and experts to follow the launch in real time. The launch had in fact been scheduled by the Space Agencies for 24th December. After the announcement of its postponement, the programme of the event was revisited. The guests' contributions covered different topics and highlighted the complexity of this innovative instrument.
The session opened with an introductory presentation given by Adriano V. Autino, founder and Vice-President of Space Renaissance International. Next, Prof Bernard Foing, Chair of EuroMoonMars and President of Space Renaissance International, held an overview lecture on the Webb Telescope, during which he showed the instrument and key aspects of the mission for its deployment. Afterwards, two guests gave their own contributions with a focus on different areas. Anouk Ehreiser, MSc in Physics at the University of Heidelberg, discussed the deployment steps of the telescope after launch with a video presentation which previewed the sequence of operations. Leander Schlarmann, MSc in Astronomy at the University of Vienna, gave a talk entitled "Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres with JWST", where he focused on the novelties in astronomical observation that the Webb Telescope will make possible. Rok Kete, Aerospace Engineering student, provided an insight into the technical aspects of the launch and gave the audience the latest real-time news on the status of the mission. The public was also given the opportunity to interact during the seminar; the participants were invited to ask questions to the speakers in the live chat session. The event was coordinated by Serena Crotti, Communication & Outreach Manager of EuroMoonMars, in the role of moderator.
Read the whole article on the Space Renaissance Blog:
And, if you missed it, here's the video, on the Space Renaissance YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/NYPYwgO1D10
Happy New Year 2022!
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