Hank visits Northrop Grumman to meet the builders of the James Webb Space Telescope (2012)
story · status: followed over 2 videos (2012–2022) · last event: update (2022-07-22)
In 2012 Hank, invited after his James Webb Space Telescope video circulated at NASA, visited Northrop Grumman with Katherine, Michael Aranda and Ze Frank to meet the people building the telescope. In 2022 he added that the video had become a big deal for the team, who handed out Nerdfighter buttons.
About: James Webb Space Telescope, Northrop Grumman, Katherine Green, Michael Aranda, Ze Frank
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-06 | told | Hank tells of visiting Northrop Grumman with Katherine, Michael Aranda and Ze Frank to meet the people building the James Webb Space Telescope, invited after his earlier Webb video circulated at NASA. → refers to Top 5 Awesome Things About the Webb Telescope | Can I be Space President? 00:00:00 |
| 2022-07-22 | update | Hank writes that his 2011 James Webb Space Telescope video became a big deal for people working on the telescope, who handed out 'I Decrease Suck' and 'I Increase Awesome' buttons. | What are These Boys Doing?? video description |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank spent one of the coolest days of his life talking with the people building the James Webb Space Telescope, together with his wife, Michael Aranda and Ze Frank. — 00:00:00
- 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — announcement: The description corrects the video: at 2:26 Amber Straughn is wrongly presented as a Northrop Grumman employee; she actually works for NASA as Deputy Project Scientist for Education and Public Outreach. — video description
- 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank's video about the Webb telescope about a year ago apparently delighted NASA, which tweeted at him; it circulated in the offices of NASA and its contractors. (hedged) — 00:00:33
- 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank: Someone at Lockheed Martin showed the video to Jeff Grant, vice president of space systems at Northrop Grumman, who emailed Hank inviting him to meet people working on the project. — 00:00:33
- 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank: At Northrop Grumman the visitors were constantly monitored and followed everywhere, even to the bathroom, which Hank jokes kept him from humping anything. (playful) — 00:01:23
- 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank says the escorts were there not to protect a space telescope but because Northrop Grumman makes most of its money making tools and weapons for the US military. — 00:01:23
- 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank: Having met them, Hank calls the Northrop Grumman space sciences people good, some of the smartest in the world, and fun despite their big bureaucratic organization; they praised Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:27