A Tweet From Dr. Mark Clampin, Webb Telescope Observatory Project Scientist

When I logged on to Twitter today, I noticed that NASA was holding a tweet-chat with Dr. Mark Clampin, the Webb Telescope Observatory Project Scientist via the JWST Twitter account, @NASAWebbTelescp. There were only about 20 minutes left to ask questions, so I scrambled to find a question one of our students had asked in a live session.

Only 20 minutes left to ask your questions to scientist Dr. Mark Clampin about exoplanets and #JWST! Use #JWSTexoplanet.
— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebbTelescp) June 25, 2013

Did you know all of our live sessions are recorded and uploaded to YouTube, so even if you miss one, you can watch it later, at your convenience? And did you know that in the description of each live session video you will find every question asked during that live session?

 

Make sure the About tab is selected, and click Show More to see all the questions asked in that video. Hopefully this makes browsing through live session recordings to find the topics you're interested in quick and painless.

I found a question Errol asked during the second live session. He asked, "It is exciting to find exoplanets, but what is the real value or significance of finding and studying them?" and quickly tweeted.

@NASAWebbTelescp It is exciting to find exoplanets, but what is the real value or significance of finding and studying them? #JWSTexoplanet
— AstronomySOTA (@AstronomySOTA) June 25, 2013

And Dr. Clampin replied!

.@AstronomySOTA Studying exoplanets places our solar system in context; we've all wondered if there is life on other planets. #JWSTexoplanet
— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebbTelescp) June 25, 2013

Thanks for taking a moment to answer our questions, Dr. Clampin, and thanks for all the work you do to make JWST possible. We're all big fans over hear at the ASOTA MOOC.

To see the rest of the Q&A from this tweet-chat, visit the @NASAWebbTelescp page or search Twitter for #JWSTexoplanet.

Here is the live session video in which Errol's question is asked. It's the last question of the session. To skip straight to it, click here.