High-Level Project Summary
TWIN WEBB recreates the structures of the James Webb telescope in origami, so that through origami the process of unfolding the components of the telescope can be explained, during its journey from Earth to its orbit around the L2 point. We consider that explaining this process through origami in schools or science fairs would allow tangible interaction with the deployment process that the telescope will carry out before starting its scientific operations, especially for children and adolescents, who after interacting with the TWIN WEBB will be interested in investigate in more detail the characteristics and mission of the telescope.
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Detailed Project Description
Our project consists of designing and recreating the structures of the James Webb telescope in origami, so that through origami the process of unfolding the components of the telescope can be explained during its journey from Earth to its orbit around the L2 point. It is true that there are simulation videos of the Webb telescope takeoff and orbital location, however, we consider that explaining this process through origami in schools or science fairs would allow physical interaction with the deployment process that the telescope will carry before start their scientific operations, especially for children and adolescents, who after interacting with the origami Webb will be interested in investigating in more detail the characteristics and mission of the telescope.
For this project we have focused especially on 3 components: the solar panel, the parasol and the mirrors, since they are the easiest parts to identify with the naked eye and are perfectly suited to be reproduced using the origami technique.
The TWIN WEBB, as we have called our project, also has additional structures that will allow better handling of the origami parts and thus not damage the paper.
The primary mirror in the TWIN WEBB has 3 rods that will facilitate the handling for the deployment of the paper, in addition to a circular base that will allow the rods to slide within its circumference.
To simulate the parasol we use a paper box capable of unfolding to shape this important component of the telescope.
We hope to improve our design to get closer and closer to having an exact replica of the WEBB telescope deployment process, since that is the objective of the TWIN WEBB, to show on Earth the process that the James Webb space telescope will take on its journey through space.
Space Agency Data
https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html ABOUT WEBB ORBIT
The page perfectly describes the process that the Webb telescope will take to reach its orbit, this process includes the deployment of the components of the telescope, among them: the solar panels, the sun visor, the primary and secondary mirrors. This unfolding process caught our attention and we decided to replicate them in paper folds through origami.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10337 JWST Deployment and Beauty Animations
The page allowed us to learn more about the components of the space telescope, through video animations.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/main/index.html James Webb Space Telescope
We found a lot of information as well as images, videos and data about the construction process of the telescope, showing us the dedication of the personnel to achieve the objective.
Hackathon Journey
It is the first time that we participated in this event and we were very motivated by the simple fact of participating and meeting the objective of the challenge, it has been a gratifying experience since we have learned many things from the James Webb telescope as well as the work that NASA does to discover more mysteries of the universe. In addition to meeting new people from different disciplines, who we decided to contribute with what is within our abilities to complete the project, dividing our roles and constantly sharing our progress and ideas for improvement.
We decided to take this challenge since it seemed interesting to us to be able to reproduce through folds of paper the technological processes that the Webb telescope will carry out, but also to use this origami technique to bring science closer to people who are not necessarily related to it, and show what to learn from Science and technology can be fun if you apply techniques that facilitate understanding and develop imagination.
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Tags
#origami, #telescopio, #arte
Global Judging
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