Posted on 06/10/2022 11:38:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA reported this week that a small meteoroid struck the telescope sometime between May 23-25. The object smacked one of the primary mirror segments, which will cause NASA to realign the mirror to reduce distortion caused by the impact.
The space agency said it anticipated the telescope would be bombarded with dust-sized particles, and the strike was larger than anticipated.
NASA said that the telescope’s beginning-of-life performance is still well above expectations, and the observatory is fully capable of performing the science it was designed to achieve.
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Like when you get that first ding on a new car!
Ooops.
Brandon is cursed!
Take it back to the store and buy a new one, DUUH!
Exactly.
Never seems to take long at all.
Bundles in with car insurance with Geico.
$20,000,000 deductible, though.
And your insurance company says it's totalled because they claim the repair cost is more than the value of the car.
Where’s the “Could it be Aliens” meme?
I’m very disappointed in FR!
I’ve wondered if those L1 and L2 points would naturally collect space debris. Sort of the same effect as the trash which collects in eddies of water.
Not a good sign that we’ve already had enough damage incurred to require a realignment before the new telescope smell has even worn off. Not good at all.
**it Happens…
Remember Hubble was hobbled from the very beginning because of a defective mirror. Now the Webb Space telescope may be distorted. Maybe NASA’s efforts are like a Tower of Babel in space - just never going to work out as originally intended.
NASA’s $10 Billion Webb Space Telescope Struck by Micrometeoroid
06/09/2022 11:04:46 AM PDT · by zeestephen · 51 replies
SciTechDaily.com ^ | 08 June 2022 | Thaddeus Cesari - NASA
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