Part Two: The Warm Mission | movie | 2009 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

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In this spoof of old TV action shows, two astronomers search desperately for a way to help NASA's Spitzer Space Telescop | dG1fRW5mbjlQTDVodFE

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00:00Previously on the Spitzer Space Telescope

00:24Spitzer has almost run out of cryogen.

00:30You're the only one that can help us now.

00:33You mean the Spitzer Space Telescope?

00:35Part of NASA's Great Observatories program with Hubble and Chandra?

00:38That's right, Dr. Sean Astin.

00:40Spitzer is the one that looks at the universe in infrared.

00:44Infrared is basically heat.

00:46So for Spitzer to work, it's got to have very little heat of its own.

00:49Which is why Spitzer uses cryogen to cool its instruments down.

00:53Spitzer runs out of cryogen.

00:56And its instruments will start to fail.

00:59Listen, Betty White, this is Dr. Sean Astin you're talking to, and I want an answer right now.

01:04There's just no way around it, Sean.

01:06As the telescope warms up, two of its instruments, called MIPS and the Infrared Spectrograph, won't be able to see anything.

01:13Well, I won't believe that!

01:15It's begun.

01:17I'm afraid this is the end of an era for the Spitzer Space Telescope.

01:21And anyone who thinks differently is just dead wrong.

01:24Well, if one Sean Astin can't solve this problem, maybe two can.

01:30I'm Dr. Sean Astin from the future, and I'm here to warn you not to use that device.

01:34Or if I destroy it, you'll never exist.

01:39It's the only way.

01:45We can't just let Spitzer die.

01:47I mean, it was the first telescope to ever detect light directly from a planet outside our solar system.

01:52It spots asteroids that might impact the Earth.

01:55It finds galaxies, star-forming regions.

01:59Get a hold of yourself. This is no time to panic.

02:03All those beautiful pictures that Spitzer has taken, it would be a real shame if we didn't get any more.

02:10I used my screensaver.

02:18And what will happen to that delightful pet project of yours to measure the rate of the universe's expansion?

02:24Why is this happening on my birthday?

02:28The mystic sphere of Galvonium could magically keep Spitzer cool for eons if it can reach the telescope.

02:33It can't reach it. It's in an Earth-trailing orbit about 66 million miles away.

02:42Close the airlock!

02:45The death station has cleared the planet.

02:48I'm going to text message you a hug.

02:50My phone doesn't get text messages!

03:07And now, part two.

03:10So, you're saying that Spitzer can actually keep doing great science without cryogen?

03:15That's right. It seems that two channels on one of its instruments will operate perfectly.

03:21Which means that it can continue to detect asteroids.

03:24It can analyze the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.

03:28It can search for galaxies at the edge of the universe.

03:32And it can even do that pet project of ours.

03:35To measure the rate of the universe's expansion.

03:39That's great!

03:40Yep, and on top of that, it can still take pretty pictures.

03:44Like this one.

03:46Sounds like we can get a lot of great Spitzer infrared science for years to come.

03:50Infrared? More like infra-ready to find more discoveries, huh?

04:00Now get your feet off my desk.

04:06In August 2003, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was launched into space.

04:12In 2009, almost six years later, Spitzer ran out of cryogen and officially entered its warm mission phase.

04:19Spitzer continues to operate and provide unique science to the astronomical community.

04:29Next time on the Spitzer Space Telescope.

04:32So, you want to go hit that barbecue place for lunch?

04:34I heard they went out of business.

Part Two: The Warm Mission | movie | 2009 | Official Clip

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