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2 posted on
01/18/2010 4:25:55 PM PST by
KevinDavis
(Ad Astra!!!)
To: KevinDavis
The first primary mirror segment of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has met flight specifications at ambient temperatures... As I recall, so did Hubble.... but they still had to fit a repair lens to it.
3 posted on
01/18/2010 4:31:55 PM PST by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: KevinDavis
I’d like to don a spacesuit and ride in the James Webb’s “cage” with my eyeball up against the biggest Nagler ever made! :)
8 posted on
01/18/2010 5:00:21 PM PST by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: KevinDavis
9 posted on
01/18/2010 5:08:52 PM PST by
Errant
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10 posted on
01/18/2010 5:14:47 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
To: KevinDavis
11 posted on
01/18/2010 5:27:54 PM PST by
Errant
To: KevinDavis
According to Wikipedia, it’s named for a former administrator of NASA, now deceased, not for the classless senator from Virginia.
To: KevinDavis
Now test it at 4 degrees Kelvin.
15 posted on
01/18/2010 8:05:57 PM PST by
wastedyears
(If I'm going out, I'm going out like Major Kong.)
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