November 6, 2018

EP. 81 — What is Astronomy, Even? with NASA’s Paul Geithner

Paul Geithner is the Deputy Project Manager — Technical for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Paul joins Jonathan to give him a crash course in what the electro-magnetic spectrum is, how space debris can effect space programs, the vastness of space, his work with the James Webb Space Telescope and more.

 

Find Paul’s work at https://jwst.nasa.gov/meet-geithner.html. He’s on Twitter https://twitter.com/paulgeithner?lang=en

Find the James Webb Space Telescope youtube page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAWebbTelescope

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Catch Jonathan on Queer Eye streaming now on Netflix.

 

This episode is sponsored by Boy Erased, Gantri (www.gantri.com/JVN code: JVN), Ulta Beauty (www.ulta.com), Grove Collaborative (www.grove.co/JVN), and Bombas (www.bombas.com/JVN code: JVN).

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