# SUPER YOUTH - Webb Origami Design Challenge ## NASA SPACE APPS CHALLENGE 2021 [NASA SPACE APPS CHALLENGE 2021](https://2021.spaceappschallenge.org/) ![](https://i.imgur.com/cQz1qCE.jpg) ## About the Team Super Youth is a project started by Che-Hsun Hsu, a student from the Maker & Tech Center of New Taipei Municipal Yungho Junior School. Even at the age of 14, Chen-Sun has shown a great deal of interest in the field of outer space and was initially inspired by the movie Apollo 13. For this year’s challenge, Che-Hsun wants to make more youngsters like him get to know about the great James Webb Space Telescope. That is why he decided to choose the origami challenge: by creating origami artwork resembling the telescope, Che-Hsun wants to showcase where art meets science. Viola Cheng is the instructor of Che-Hsun Hsu. She was the finalist of APEC APP Challenge 2019. She was also selected to Forbes 30 under 30 in 2018. Viola always encourages females and teenageers to pursue their dreams. Serena Hsu is a project manager in government projects and foreign commodity brands. She has also been an English-French-Chinese translator and interpreter for over a decade. Her biggest long-time clients include PTV, Songshan Creative and Cultural Park. Serena is always looking for new things to learn; it became the reason for her to join this hackathon event. ## Project Details ### Summary Make your wish upon the stars! The stars, and of course, space is such a fascinating and yet very strange world for Che-Hsun Hsu. The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope in human history. To celebrate its soon-to-realize launch for mankind to further explore the infinity and beyond: it aims to capture the image of the galaxies from the beginning of the universe, the Big Bang, in order to unveil the mysteries that the Hubble Space Telescope couldn’t reach. For the decennial of NASA Hackathon, Hsu decided to be a preacher for the greatness he sees in space. He applied his forte in building models: creating a delicate, miniature model of JWST. The goal of Hsu is to attract his peers and fellow citizens to be intrigued by his model, thus to cultivate their interests in space, technology, and broaden their horizon. This is also a lesson plan for junior high students: by building the model of JWST, we hope to inspire more teenagers to be involved in space science and to be a future leader. ### How We Addressed This Challenge Make your wish upon the stars! The stars, and of course, space is such a fascinating and yet very strange world for Che-Hsun Hsu. The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope in human history. To celebrate its soon-to-realize launch for mankind to further explore the infinity and beyond: it aims to capture the image of the galaxies from the beginning of the universe, the Big Bang, in order to unveil the mysteries that the Hubble Space Telescope couldn’t reach. For the decennial of NASA Hackathon, Hsu decided to be a preacher for the greatness he sees in space. He applied his forte in building models: creating a delicate, miniature model of JWST. The goal of Hsu is to attract his peers and fellow citizens to be intrigued by his model, thus to cultivate their interests in space, technology, and broaden their horizon. This is also a lesson plan for junior high students: by building the model of JWST, we hope to inspire more teenagers to be involved in space science and to be a future leader. ### How We Developed This Project Che-Hsun completes this project based on the resource: JWST Deployment and Beauty Animations, provided by NASA to build the miniature model of JWST. Viola produces the short film and creates lesson plans to attract junior high schoolers to get intrigued by the JWST miniature model. Serena helps with the translation and proofreading. The miniature JWST model will be displayed in the Maker & Tech Center, on the campus of New Taipei Municipal Yungho Junior School, in hope to reach more teenagers in the neighborhood and thus inspire their thoughts and interests toward space technology. ![](https://i.imgur.com/JQWPFCo.jpg) ### Challenge and Difficulty It was time for the important midterm. Che-Hsun had finally convinced his parents to agree to his participation in the Tenth NASA Hackathon, on the last day of its open call for application. It wasn’t an easy decision, since Hsu was also under pressure from midterm. Yet, something greater inside drove him. That was when Viola stepped in. She helped him sign up for the Hackathon, connected resources from the Maker & Tech Center, provided materials and tools, and lastly found Serena on Slack and in Gather Town created by g0v as their language supervisor. It all started with Che-Hsun’s action. And he is forever grateful for his supportive parents on his way to realize his dreams. ![](https://i.imgur.com/WiWnyjc.jpg) ### How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project Watching the JWST Deployment and Beauty Animations provided by NASA. Using every kind of approachable papery items as the main materials; such as waste-recycled cardboard, thick cardboard, watercolor paper, tinfoil, corrugated cardboard,…etc., and different kinds of supportive structural materials, i.g. wire, super glue, hot-melt adhesive, spray can, vernier caliper,…etc. to complete the miniature model of JWST. Creating lesson plans for Chinese-oriented junior high students with STEM Resources for K-12. ## Project Demo {%youtube HQA6X6cz4_s %} The American Dream everyone used to have, have you ever acted on it? The 14 years old Che-Hsun Hsu, who has a dream to be an astronaut in NASA to launch with rocket into the unknown, has accepted the challenge from the tenth NASA Hackathon. We are Super Youth, dream makers who practice everyday. The James Webb Space Telescope will be 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope. It is a true technological marvel and a new milestone for space science and exploration By creating a miniature model of James Webb Space Telescope, We want to show the world that not only the geniuses like Einstein or the inventors from Nobel Prize winners can make space telescope, but simply a 14 year old junior high schooler. Teenagers should follow their dreams and be unbridled. Make Your Own Model Of The James Webb Space Telescope! Create a world for yourself! Follow your dreams. They know the way! ![](https://i.imgur.com/XHponEk.jpg) ## Space Agency Data ![](https://i.imgur.com/ZyoWXyr.jpg) #### JWST primary mirror Model dimensions 27cm / Actual dimensions 6.5m(650cm) #### Scale: 1/24 NASA| James Webb Space Telescope Poster https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2294/james-webb-space-telescope-poster/ ## Data & Resources ### Website James Webb Space Telescope - Webb/NASA https://jwst.nasa.gov/index.html JWST Deployment and Beauty Animations https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10337 James Webb Space Telescope Poster https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2294/james-webb-space-telescope-poster/ Make Your Own Model Of The Webb Space Telescope! https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/features/educational/paperModel/paperModel.html Webb Launch https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html STEM Resources for K-12| NASA https://www.nasa.gov/stem/foreducators/k-12/index.html NASA STEM Engagement https://www.nasa.gov/education/materials/ NASA STEAM Innovation Lab http://www.steminnovationlab.org/resources ### Photo Five Awesome Things about the James Webb Space Telescope https://blogs.agu.org/martianchronicles/2011/02/05/3988/ Wikipedia| James Webb Space Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope ### Tags #STEAM #NASA #WEBB # #Youth #Maker #Space #DreamComeTrue #Education #Art #Origami #Teenager