I'm a Craig Ferguson man, truth be told, but I have to give Jimmy Fallon major props for devoting major time to Milky J this week. C'mon, you remember Milky J: he's the Hubble Gotchu guy. He was on Fallon's show again this week, but this time got some bad news: Hubble will be replaced with the bigger James Webb Space Telescope. What ensued was simply made of win: Ha! That was awesome! All those people in the video are actual NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center employees (or contractors; hard to tell). NASA can't buy this kind of publicity, but here it is, handed to them for free. And I love it! It's funny and cool, sarcastic yet has this terrific undertone of sincerity. And Holy Haleakala, the science is accurate*! I loved the part where the team shouts JWST specs at him. And it doesn't hurt that one of the ...
Hubble Gotchu 2
The James Webb Space Telescope promises to outshine Hubble, delivering stunning images and advanced sensitivity in astronomy.
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