#Webb Program Director Greg Robinson and @esa Head of Science Projects Mike Healy will discuss the design of one of the most complex @NASA science projects ever, built by a team of thousands in 29 U.S. states and 14 countries, at a @PMInstitute talk in Switzerland.pic.twitter.com/9pf4GLIJHo
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Why the hell this foil is pink in every animation?!
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Replying to @Micha37371333 @esa and
Here's a pic of the real thing for comparison. (It's in the stowed formation here.)pic.twitter.com/14bD0hqBTy
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Quite huge
But tell me why is it pink? We always see gold or silver color foil, what is the improvment of pink? What it is actually1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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The lowermost surfaces are coated with silicon, making the underside of the Kapton sunshield pink in tone. If you want to read more about our sunshield coatings, here's a link: https://jwst.nasa.gov/coating.html
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Thanks a lot! Keep up a good work ;)
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Replying to @Micha37371333 @esa and
Thanks for your interest!
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