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August 15, 2012
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JWST's Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) have been delivered to Goddard Space Flight CenterJuly 31, 2012
STATEMENTS FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Statement by US Representative Steven Israel (NY) - 9 November 2011 Senator Mikulski discusses the impact of JWST on jobs - October 26, 2011 [Video] Statement by Senator Barbara Mikulski Statement by Steny Hoyer Statement by Donna Edwards
MATERIALS RELATED TO CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
House Hearing, Appropriations CJS Subcommittee, 22 March 2012: written testimony from Bill Smith and Heidi Hammel House Hearing December 6, 2011: Testimony from Garth Illingworth House Hearing December 6, 2011: Illingworth Image Packet House Hearing December 6, 2011: Webcast House Appropriations Committee Markup Materials Senate Appropriations Committee Markup MaterialsSTATEMENTS FROM PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Statement from the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy - 21 October 2011 Statement from the Universities Space Research Association - 7 October 2011 Statement from the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics - 12 September 2011 Statement from the Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics - 28 September 2011 Statement from the Spanish Astronomical Society - 7 September 2011 Statement from the Associazione Ricercatori Italiani in Astronomia e Astrofisica - 8 July 2011 Statement from the American Astronomical Society - 7 July 2011 Statement from the French Astronomical Society Statement from the Royal Astronomical Society - 17 August 2011 Statement from SPIE - 5 August 2011 Statement from the Societa Astronomica Italiana - 8 August 2011 Statement from the American Physical Society (APS) - 5 August 2011 Statement from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) Statement from the European Astronomical Society Statement from the International Astronomical Union
OTHER STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT
AURA Reaction to FY13 President's Budget Request for NASA Letter from the James Webb Space Telescope Advisory Committee (JSTAC) to the Department of State - 30 January 2012 JWST Community Support from the Exoplanet Analysis Group (ExoPAG) - 7 November 2011 AURA Member Institutions Send Letter to Congress on JWST Statement of support for JWST from 32 Nobel Laureates JWST Community Support: Petition to John Holdren from 1,081 US scientists - 13 September 2011 JWST Community Support: Petition to John Holdren from 1418 European scientists - 8 September 2011 Community Support from the "JWST Feeding the Giants" Conference - Ischia, Italy, 1 September 2011 JWST Community Support from the "Young and Bright" Conference - Potsdam, Germany, September 2011 JWST Community Support from the Scientific Organizing Committee of the "Frontier Science Opportunities with JWST" meeting JWST Community Support from the 15th Paris Cosmology Colloquium, Ecole Internationale d'Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge, July 2011 JWST Community Support from the First Galaxies Conference, Ringberg Castle, Germany, 12 August 2011 JWST Community Support from the New Horizons Workshop, Cambridge, UK, July 2011 Statement from the Space Foundation, July 2011 AURA Reaction to Proposed Cancellation of JWST Letter from Dr. William Smith to Appropriations Committee Letter to President's Science Advisor from JWST Advisory Committee (JSTAC) Letter from the JWST Science Working Group to the NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee Letter from the Space Foundation to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee JWST Statements of Support in Professional Organizations
DISCUSSIONS AND ARTICLES ABOUT JWST
Golden Eye, by Ross Andersen, LA Review Review of Books - 15 February 2012 "The Untold Story Of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope", by Scott P. Willoughby, Cover Story in SatMagazine, February 2012 The James Webb Space Telescope Path to Launch, by Rolf Danner and Mark Clampin, Cover Story in Space Times, January-February 2012 Interview with Robert Zubrin in Space News - 5 November 2011 JWST Interview with Matt Mountain and John Grunsfeld in Astrobiology Magazine - 24 October 2011 JWST Interview with Heidi Hammel on the Skymania Blog - 22 October 2011 Phil Plait, 13 September 2011 Marcia Smith, 12 September 2011 Jeff Foust, 12 September 2011
EDITORIALS AND OP-EDS
"America in Decline" - by John Rigden and Roger Stuewer, Physics in Perspective vol. 13, pg. 385 (2011) "Is OMB wiping out planetary exploration" - by Lou Friedman in The Space Review, 10 October 2011 "Identify JWST's Bill Payers" - Space News, 11 October 2011 Mikulski: Webb Telescope is Good for Science, Good for Economy - Barbara Mikulski, Baltimore Sun, October 6, 2011 Eye on the cosmos - Baltimore Sun, October 4, 2011 The End of Astronomy's Golden Age? by Garth Illingworth - PhysicsWorld, 6 September 2011 Reaching for the stars, by James Bullock - L.A. Times, 6 September 2011 "Much More Than a Telescope" - Michael Turner, Science, 26 August 2011 "NASA to Share Telescope Cost" - Nature, 22 August 2011 "The Dark Clouds over US Astronomy" - Michael Turner, Nature, 10 August
2011 Statement of support for JWST from 32 Nobel Laureates - New York Times, 27 August 2011 Op-Ed by Jonathan Amos of the BBC - 23 August 2011 Astroglia: Cassini and the James Webb Space Telescope - 14 July 2011 "NASA budget is seeing stars" - Washington Post, 7 August 2011 "Dark Matter, Black Holes, and the First Stars" by Lawrence M. Krauss, Wall Street Journal,1 August 2011
"Quo vadis, NASA?" Nature Physics, August 2011 "Blinded and Blindsided" by L. Krauss, 26 July 2011 "Way Above the Shuttle Flight" - The New York Times, July 9, 2011 "Why You Need to Have the James Webb Space Telescope" by Matt Blum, July 8, 2011 "It's Like the House Appropriations Committee Subpanel Doesn't Even Think Deep Space Is That Cool" by Juli Weiner - Vanity Fair, July 7, 2011
JWST & NASA DOCUMENTS
Eric Smith's JWST Briefing to the Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) Rick Howard's JWST Briefing to NASA Advisory Council Science Committee - 1 November 2011 NASA Planetary Science Division director Jim Green exhorts AAS Division for Planetary Sciences to support its Planetary Decadal Survey, not undermine JWST - 6 October 2011 Planetary Science with JWST - October 2011 Report from the NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee to the NASA Advisory Council, 21 July 2011 Report of the JWST Independent Comprehensive Review Panel [ICRP or "Casani" Report] NASA's Detailed Response to the ICRP Rick Howard's Presentation to the Astrophysics Subcommittee: JWST Program Status and Replan, 13-14 July 2011
JWST TECHNICAL PROGRESS
JWST's Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) have been delivered to Goddard Space Flight Center - July 31, 2012 JWST Newsletter, Winter 2012 JWST Recent Accomplishments Live Webcam for JWST at the Goddard Space Flight CenterOTHER RESOURCES
JWST Update letter to colleagues from Heidi Hammel, AURA - 2 February 2012 AAS Site for contacting your Congressional Representatives Illingworth Memo: Background, Impacts and Myths about JWST Summary of the 'Frontiers Science Opportunities with JWST' meeting at STScI on 6-8 June 2011 JWST production spans the United States One-page summary of JWST's four science themes JWST Fast Facts JWST Science Goals JWST Science Working Group White Papers Northrop Grumman JWST Support Site Space Telescope Science Institute JWST Resources JWST NASA Site Save the James Webb Space Telescope
