Physics for Future Presidents: Space

 

1. James Webb Space Telescope

• NASA's James Webb Space Telescope homepage

• Orbit of the telescope

• Webb vs. Hubble

• Video 

• Scientific American

• Forbes article "How NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Will Answer Astronomy's Biggest Questions"

• Science magazine

• Popular Science Magazine JWST articles

• Discover magazine: Articles about the JWST

• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/754/what-is-a-lagrange-point/

2. SpaceX

 

• https://www.spacex.com/
• https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-first-launch-2021
• What's So Special About Space X (CalPoly)
• Explosions of Space X craft

 

3. Switch to Methane as Rocket Fuel by NASA/Space X

 

• https://bright-r.com.au/why-the-next-generation-of-rockets-will-be-powered-by-methane/

• https://www.wired.co.uk/article/spacex-raptor-engine-starship

• NASA

• UC Irvine

 

4. GRACE-FO

• https://gracefo.jpl.nasa.gov/
• https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147811/turkey-experiences-intense-drought
• www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Grace/
• gracefo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/122/next-generation-grace-satellites-arrive-at-launch-site/
• gracefo.jpl.nasa.gov/science/water-storage/
• www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/16/new-nasa-studies-show-how-the-world-is-running-out-of-water/?utm_term=.ed014921f362
• www.nasa.gov/press-release/prolific-earth-gravity-satellites-end-science-mission/

5. Starlink Internet

 

• https://www.starlink.com/
• https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/starlink-already-threatens-optical-astronomy-now-radio-astronomers-are-worried
• CNET
• Yale Tribune
• Scientific American: legal concerns

 

6. X-Ray Backscatter Safety and Replacements

• edition.cnn.com/2013/05/29/travel/tsa-backscatter
• electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/backscatter-x-ray.htm
• science.howstuffworks.com/millimeter-wave-scanner.htm
• www.extremetech.com/extreme/216551-nypd-caught-using-x-ray-vans-to-search-the-public-refuses-court-order-to-release-details

7. Stratolaunch, Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two

 

• aerospace.vulcan.com
• NASA tech on Virgin Galactic Spaceship 2
• Smithsonian
• History of Virgin Galactic Spaceship 2
• Stratolaunch's website
• Podcast on the start of Stratolaunch in 2011
• From 2014 but very detailed, U. Co. Boulder

8. Kepler and K2 Space Telescope

• Main NASA Kepler page
• ww.nasa.gov/feature/ames/nasas-k2-mission-the-kepler-space-telescopes-second-chance-to-shine/
• PBS Video: How Kepler works
• U. Co. Boulder Kepler Quick Facts
• New York Times
• The Independent (British newspaper)
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