Behind the Scenes of Elements of Webb

Sophia Roberts and Mike McClare talk about what it took to produce the Elements of Webb series.

Music: "Aquiver," "Crystalline," "Tinderbox," "Spring into Life," Universal Production Music

Behind the scenes look at the Elements of Webb series with producers Sophia Roberts and Mike McClare.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Editor
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Interviewees
- Michael McClare (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- Sophia Roberts (AIMM) [Lead]
Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Videographers
- John Caldwell (AIMM) [Lead]
- Michael McClare (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- Sophia Roberts (AIMM) [Lead]
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET)

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This visualization can be found in the following series:

- Elements of Webb: Beryllium Part 2 Ep04
  Nov. 30, 2021, 7 p.m.
  Elements of Webb EP04: Beryllium. Where Does Beryllium Come From? || So Utah is home to many valuable materials – copper, magnesium, uranium, gold and silver. But most of the world’s beryllium is mined here. And engineers chose beryllium for Webb’s mirrors because it is lightweight, it is strong and it is dimensionally stable. We are actually standing on the beryllium ore seam. Beryllium is in the volcanic ash dust. It was hydrothermally deposited millions of years ago and then coved by volcanic rock. We have to remove the volcanic rock on top of the ore seam and then use a scraper and a bulldozer to extract the ore that we’re standing on top of. 90% of the beryllium that was mined in the world came from this deposit.
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