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Oh, I hope we learn some really fantastic things and I hope the most fantastic is something

we can't guess now.

But the things we can predict ahead of time are things like we can measure what is in

an atmosphere of an exoplanet around another star.

So that's one pretty astounding thing.

Another astounding thing is that we should be able to see the first galaxies that come

together after the big bang that we'll see back as far as it makes sense for astronomers

to see anything.

That's astronomer Marsha Rickey.

She spent the last 20 years preparing for the moment next month when the camera she

designed and whose construction she oversaw will be launched a million miles out into

space.

Her camera will be able to see things astronomers have never seen before and it's a central

part of the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble.

This is so great to be talking with you.

This is a spectacular thing you've done that you're still finishing up the last touches

on.

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