Webb’s perfectly polished, highly reflective mirrors start their life as a pile of rubble, mined from a desert in Utah. Join “Behind the Webb” as we explore a beryllium mining operation.
“Behind the Webb” is an ongoing series that follows the construction of the Webb Space Telescope, Hubble’s successor. Find more episodes at Hubblesite.org.
“Behind the Webb” archive: http://webbtelescope.org/webb_telescope/behind_the_webb/archive