?Seen from about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles), Earth appears as a tiny dot within deep space: the blueish-white speck almost halfway up the rightmost band of light. Taken by Voyager-1 space craft.
(We're so insignificant)
Posted on 12/17/2021 10:00:03 PM PST by BenLurkin
The $10 billion Webb — considered the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope — was supposed to soar Saturday, but was jolted by a clamp during launch preparations, resulting in a four-day delay. Then a bad communication link on the rocket had to be fixed, postponing the launch another two days.
U.S. and European space officials signed off Friday on the launch date, following one last round of testing.
Nelson expects a smaller crowd at the launch site because of the holidays. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:20 a.m. EST.
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“Why don’t you fix your little problem., and light this rocket !!”
Allegedly Shepard’s instructions after the endless dithering.
The James Webb Space Telescope has a primary mirror of 6.5 meters (21.3255 feet)in diameter. The Hubble has a primary mirror of 2.4 meters (7.87402 feet) in diameter. Think of the detail the James Webb will have with its 6.25 times more collecting area! Also, the James Webb has tremendous infra red capabilities (from 0.6 to 28 micrometers) while the Hubble studies objects in the ultraviolet spectrum. As the James Webb studies further into the cosmos, light shifts into the infrared spectrum.
20 odd years in the making too
Hubble needed several shuttle repair missions over its life including a critical one needed right after launch to fix badly misaligned optics.
Webb is going to deep space where there is no chance of repair if anything goes wrong. The unfolding process alone is insanely complicated. Personally I am not optimistic.
You are right to skeptical.
I give it a 1 in 7 chance of making space.
a 1 in 30 chance of working correctly Years late and massively over budget. How NASA....
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They kept changing the specs
Please, don’t hit Santa.
?Seen from about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles), Earth appears as a tiny dot within deep space: the blueish-white speck almost halfway up the rightmost band of light. Taken by Voyager-1 space craft.
(We're so insignificant)
It was bound to happen soon or later, the govt. is now going to spy on Santa.
You might be right, I forget exactly
Hey, no harm, no foul. I had just seen a NASA TV program where Alan Shepard was on a live mic and was talking to Mission Control...I guess he had to take a leak real bad too and had to just let it happen because he was strapped in the seat inside the capsule!
I hope they remember to take of the mirror covers.
They were the low bid success story.
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