49 minutes to countdown.
So if it links up with the Hubble Telescope, will it create the Chelsea Telescope?
Very important launch. There is no backup. Everything must proceed perfectly. 10 billion, 20 years and counting.
Another source to watch the launch if you have Directv, channel 352 the NASA channel is also covering the launch.
If all goes as planned, in a month it will park in orbit around the sun following earth outside the distance of the moon.
The Webb Space Telescope launch is also on the NASA Channel. is also on the NASA Channel. 7 Minutes 15 seconds now.
Northrop Grumman? interesting. Hope they have better luck than Boeing.
Surprisingly, Elon Musk has not tweeted about this.
They say this this is *far* better...*far* more advanced...than Hubble.
At least the delays here on Earth have come to an end. It is going to be all the way until July until we start getting pictures. Perhaps the next merger of neutron stars will be photographed by the Webb Telescope. There will be 4 gravity wave detectors up and running sometime next year.
I hope they did not forget to put a face diaper on the telescope to protect it from Omicron waves from deep space.
One of my son’s good friends works on the Webb mission at NASA. Probably breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning.