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Astronomy Picture of the Day - James Webb Space Telescope over Earth
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| 26 Dec, 2021
| Image Credit: Arianespace, ESA, NASA, CSA, CNES
Posted on 12/26/2021 3:48:20 PM PST by MtnClimber
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posted on
12/26/2021 3:48:47 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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posted on
12/26/2021 3:49:27 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Looks like a cubic zirconium.
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posted on
12/26/2021 3:51:01 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
To: MtnClimber
I can’t wait to see it work- I hope it’s deployment is flawless!
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posted on
12/26/2021 3:56:53 PM PST
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telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: BenLurkin
Looks like a cubic zirconium. Yes, but likely much more expensive.
I did a small amount of consulting on problems in the J Webb Telescope development. Probably added to delays, but it was unavoidable.
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posted on
12/26/2021 3:57:56 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: telescope115
I can’t wait to see it work
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We got a month until it deploys and 2 more months after that before we see any results.
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posted on
12/26/2021 4:39:44 PM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: MtnClimber
I just hope that NASA did a better job overseeing construction of the mirrors than they did with the Hubble.
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posted on
12/26/2021 4:56:45 PM PST
by
Bubba_Leroy
(Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
To: Bubba_Leroy
You said NASA and overseeing in the same sentence. If you said NASA and writing a decent specification for the contractors (who do the work) then that would be even more ridiculous.
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posted on
12/26/2021 5:12:01 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: telescope115
Very exciting! Unfolds like an origami flower a million miles away. 100 time as powerful as the Hubble - in infrared. Too cool.
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posted on
12/26/2021 5:19:46 PM PST
by
pghoilman
(Earth First. We'll drill the rest of the galaxy later.)
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posted on
12/26/2021 5:20:50 PM PST
by
Stosh
To: MtnClimber
A good friend of mine owns a precision machine shop in California. A few years ago a team of engineers set an appointment with him and brought in a set of plans for some complex mechanism with exact specifications. It is an important unit inside this telescope.
His whole family is watching this with great interest. What a cool mark on his history as a machinist.
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posted on
12/26/2021 5:22:20 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(A living and breathing Constitution empowers evil; living and breathing Commandments do was well. )
To: MtnClimber
Better a delay than a momentary fireball slowly disintegrating in the atmosphere!
To: MtnClimber
Looks like a QR code that says I have been Jabbed.
To: MtnClimber
They are looking for evidence of the Big Bang, proof that God exists.
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posted on
12/26/2021 5:56:24 PM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is what you get when you put criminals in charge.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
Looks expensive
_____
Yes, around 10 billion dollars.
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posted on
12/26/2021 5:57:21 PM PST
by
AZJeep
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
To: pghoilman
Yeah, it’s gonna be great if everything works!
🔭
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posted on
12/26/2021 5:59:32 PM PST
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: MtnClimber
So that’s how the Borg started.
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posted on
12/26/2021 6:00:46 PM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: mosaicwolf
If you pay taxes you got one huge jab.
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