So that takes a huge piece of sky, so we have in that respect, a very different telescope design. What we’re trying to do with Kepler is take in a large piece of the sky so that we have enough stars to do our planet search, and we need to monitor a hundred thousand stars like our sun. We have a different challenge with Kepler. The Hubble Telescope is built that way, the Spitzer Telescope. James Fanson: Most telescopes, either on the ground or in space, are designed to look at very distant, very faint objects, and get as magnified a view as possible. Jesse Carpenter: So Jim, what makes the Kepler telescope different from other telescopes? I want to start by saying congratulations on a successful launch. Welcome to everyone and thank you for joining us. And from Ball Aerospace, we have Kepler Program Manager John Troeltzsch. Also from NASA JPL, we have Kepler Deputy Project Manager Peg Frerking. Joining us in our studio is Kepler Project Manager James Fanson from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California. Today we have three Kepler project team members who are here to discuss the unique attributes of the Kepler Space Telescope. Launched in March of 2009, the Kepler space telescope will observe one area of the universe continuously for a period of four years in its mission to identify the presence of planets that are similar to Earth. Hi, I'm Jesse Carpenter and you're listening to a podcast about NASA’s Kepler Mission from the NASA Ames Research Center. Jesse Carpenter: NASA’s Kepler Mission, a unique space telescope.
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