Lee Feinberg - Cast

Lee Feinberg has been the Optical Telescope Element Manager for the JWST at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for the past 20 years. Mr. Feinberg led the telescope technology development and led the telescope from architecture trades and design activities to manufacturing through integration and testing. Mr. Feinberg co-chaired the committee that selected beryllium for the primary mirror and was a lead Test Director for the final cryogenic optical testing of the telescope at the Johnson Space Center. Mr. Feinberg developed the approach to test the telescope “cup up” which greatly simplified the testing approach and serves as the optics lead for Webb through commissioning.