[C210N]

That was quick.

[crusty old prospector]

It was a one in a million shot.

[butlerweave]

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

[ConservaTexan]

Hopefully they bought travel insurance.

[Red Badger]

More:

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

[rigelkentaurus]

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

[Pox]

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.

[butlerweave]

Maybe Musk will pick it up cheap and repair it

[Wuli]

Murphys Law

[Sequoyah101]

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?

[SteveH]

can we get a refund?

[montag813]

Obviously we saw something we were not supposed to see

[Sans-Culotte]

I hope they sprang for the extended warranty coverage.

[al baby]

Should have bought the extended warranty

[decal]

Shoulda bought the warranty...

[ga1948]

The problem of a man made object being in a one million mile diameter orbit is that it would be impossible with presently known propellants to go out to it, stop, fix the problem, and return to earth .Let’s hope the telescope has self healing abilities.

[dragnet2]

The impact however does not seem to have damaged the telescope's ability to perform any of its tasks. Rather, the telescope is exceeding expectations "almost all across the board".

This is going to anger some folks....

[gitmo]

Biden even screwed up this telescope. C’mon Man !! Get with it.

[Vermont Lt]

Takes a licking, but keeps on ticking.

They state that even shot up, it’s performing above their expectations. I guess it was intentionally over engineered.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

From linked article;

The impact however does not seem to have damaged the telescope's ability to perform any of its tasks. Rather, the telescope is exceeding expectations "almost all across the board".

So...non-story? Nothing burger?

[pierrem15]

The physical damage may be unrepairable and there will be some loss of image quality, but I would think comparing post-impact images with calibration images would mean much of the degradation could be eliminated with software.