[Does so]

Needs a hose clamp...

[tet68]

Duct tape.
Super glue and baking soda.
Hose clamps.
Resume count down.

[Telepathic Intruder]

This thing had better be good.

[tired&retired]

They finally realized that the Webb Telescope and the Hubble Telescope together created a name that brings bad vibes and Hillary’s wrath.

[noiseman]

It’s going to have to endure a lot of shaking during launch. I worked for Martin Marietta for a while years ago (long before it became Lockheed Martin). Two of the projects I worked on were the Titan IIID launch vehicle and the MX missile (“Peacekeeper”). The electronics onboard Titan had to be able to endure around 24 Gs, but those on MX had to be able to survive over 4,000 Gs. The Titan spec was to protect the electronics during launch, but the MX specs were intended to ensure that the electronics would survive a close hit by a Soviet ICBM while still in the silo.

The only way the engineers could come up with to test this was to put a fully assembled electronic unit in a test cell and blow it up with plastic explosives. Let’s just say the first few tests didn’t go too well, with circuit boards, or pieces of circuit boards, blown right through the aluminum casing of the boxes they were in. They eventually figured out a way to enable it to survive intact, but I never heard how they did it. Sorry about the missing punch line, but it was still an interesting episode. I’ve always wondered how they could possibly meet that spec.

[Libloather]

Focus, people. FOCUS!

[HighSierra5]

Does NASA usually launch from that facility? Is it because of the location near the equator? And is it being launched atop a French rocket?

[Nifster]

And why not. This beast has been behind schedule for a decade

[PIF]

France ... need we say more?

[zeugma]

I’m fairly convinced the JW telescope will never survive to get us any data.

[Paal Gulli]

Hubble’s discoveries are still standing the scientific community on its ear.

Webb promises to stand Hubble on its ear.