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Blue Dot 29: James Webb Space Telescope & Tweeting With Juno

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James Webb Space Telescope

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This week we look at the universe on the grandest scale with the James Webb Space Telescope, it’s scheduled for launch in 2018. We will talk about it with Bonnie Meinke from the Space Telescope Science Institute. Then we will hear from our social media correspondent, Kacey Gardner. She spoke with NASA’s Courtney O’Connor, she is responsible for the social media presence of the Juno spacecraft on Twitter.

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Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections -- which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.

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