Guest: Dr. Peter Gao

Planetary scientist Dr. Peter Gao beams aboard to discuss: the first half of Star Trek: Discovery's fourth season; the latest Star Trek: Prodigy episode, "Kobayashi"; and the successful launch and deployment of JWST, humanity's most powerful space telescope ever built.

"The Five Big Ways the James Webb Telescope Will Help Astronomers Understand the Universe" by Shi En Kim: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-big-ways-james-webb-telescope-will-help-astronomers-understand-universe-180978303/

Articles discussing why JWST should be renamed:
1. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-needs-to-rename-the-james-webb-space-telescope/
2. https://www.dailyuw.com/news/discoveries/article_7122ec66-353c-11ec-9731-b72c140e93b2.html
3. https://astrobites.org/2021/12/19/jwst_renaming/

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