James Web Launch
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Yeah, hope it unfolds properly and all goes as planned as there's no way to fix it if anything goes wrong like Hubble.
I was in a fraternity with a guy who built parts to fix the Hubble. Yes, I bought my friends.
Strange, but true: we didn't even trust him to use the toaster in college.
Strange, but true: we didn't even trust him to use the toaster in college.
With so many things that can go wrong I am amazed that they took a chance on it.
I had one of those in my fraternity too... he went on to work at Nasa. ?
To the original question. Yes, I was watching. Cautiously optimistic about the next 30 days of operations. Fingers crossed!
Glad to see the initial phases have gone smoothly, this is some truly exciting stuff!!
Yes, its a risky option having it at the Lagrange Point beyond the moon.
I suppose the layoff is that it removes the observation blackout caused by the Earth which limits when Hubble can perform tasks.
I've known guys like that. Can highly impressive specialized things but are probably going to die in a horrible shoe tying accident.
Yeah, no sending the repair crew for this one. It's an A+ or a zero. I grew up visiting the world's largest refracting telescope (with the lenses instead of mirrors) at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, funded by the University of Chicago, now maintained by a foundation as a historical site. My late wife and I met a guest at a party who was working on the Hubble telescope before it was launched, before all its troubles and later successes. I really find the James Webb fascinating. It's another confrontation with the insignificance of human life along with the profound significance of living matter that can attain and seek such knowledge. We can't do much right or well on the ground, but we may excel when we approach the vast unattainable universe, perhaps.
A fraction of what people spend on superstition and related nonsense.
I think it's true that the spin-off technology on these efforts more than pays their keep. I know that's part of the NASA pitch, but I think it holds up under scrutiny. If we didn't need to develop these technologies, they wouldn't exist.
I better keep my mouth shut or I'll be burned at the stake, heathen that I am.
Watched the rerun on Youtube with my 8 year old. Made sure he knew the name of the telescope and informed him he'd be hearing more about this telescope over the next 10 years. I hope it works as planned.
The Esoterica secondary market.