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NASA: Micrometeoroid Causes Significant Uncorrectable Damage To James Webb Space Telescope.
THE STANDEFORD JOURNAL ^ | 7/20/22 | Donald Standeford

Posted on 07/20/2022 9:26:50 AM PDT by C210N


(Excerpt) Read more at ssj.news ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: 10billion4atelescope; 10billionwasted; damage; hubbell; webb; webbtelescope
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That was quick.
1 posted on 07/20/2022 9:26:50 AM PDT by C210N
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To: C210N

It was a one in a million shot.


2 posted on 07/20/2022 9:29:00 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: C210N

Shouldn’t have made it a Micrometeoroid Magnet ,so how much did cost per hour until this happened


3 posted on 07/20/2022 9:29:01 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: C210N

Hopefully they bought travel insurance.


4 posted on 07/20/2022 9:30:44 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: C210N

More:

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3566782-webb-telescope-suffered-uncorrectable-damage-in-micrometeoroid-hit-nasa-report-says/


5 posted on 07/20/2022 9:30:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: C210N

That is why starships have shields, to deflect objects like this.


6 posted on 07/20/2022 9:31:04 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: ConservaTexan

AAA?.......................


7 posted on 07/20/2022 9:31:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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8 posted on 07/20/2022 9:32:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: C210N

It was a strike more powerful than they had prepared for, but the telescope is still operating better than they had hoped for even with this new defect.


9 posted on 07/20/2022 9:32:57 AM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: C210N

Maybe Musk will pick it up cheap and repair it


10 posted on 07/20/2022 9:33:22 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: C210N

Murphys Law


11 posted on 07/20/2022 9:34:16 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Red Badger

“You have reached the NASA repair help line. Please be patient and stay on hold as our customer service representatives are currently tied up in critical race theory training at this time.”

;-)


12 posted on 07/20/2022 9:34:39 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: C210N

I wondered how long it would take and it didn’t take long.

How many years? How many billions of dollars?

They never learn. They don’t have to. They spend play money and they don’t earn it.

What should we expect from a society that will pay $100 million for Taylor Swift’s cat to endorse products?

Not much.

Such a society should not last long but it does somehow.

Amazing isn’t it?


13 posted on 07/20/2022 9:34:54 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: All

can we get a refund?


14 posted on 07/20/2022 9:35:35 AM PDT by SteveH (.all)
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To: Sequoyah101

How many billions of dollars?

$10 billion but that was over 24 years or something like that


15 posted on 07/20/2022 9:37:32 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: C210N

Obviously we saw something we were not supposed to see


16 posted on 07/20/2022 9:40:40 AM PDT by montag813
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To: C210N

I hope they sprang for the extended warranty coverage.


17 posted on 07/20/2022 9:43:59 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: C210N

Should have bought the extended warranty


18 posted on 07/20/2022 9:44:55 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: C210N

Shoulda bought the warranty...


19 posted on 07/20/2022 9:45:07 AM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: decal

I think I saw an ad the other day ...

TelescopeShield.com

from the makers of CarShield


20 posted on 07/20/2022 9:46:49 AM PDT by George from New England
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