NASA Builds A Time-Machine Telescope 100 Times As Powerful As The Hubble

MSN.com ^ | 18 November 2014 | Eric Niler

[zeestephen]

Inside a very big and very clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., nearly 30 workers dressed in white protective suits, goggles and blue booties cluster around the parts of a time machine. These parts — gold-covered mirrors, tennis-court-size sun shields, delicate infrared cameras — are slowly being put together to become the James Webb Space Telescope.

[HandyDandy]

Thank you. I checked. There are 5 currently active heliocentric artificial satellites (including Rosetta).

[zeestephen]

Re: “Serious science comments”

You guys might want to check out “Kaslin” and “SunkenCiv” for excellent science and engineering posts.

They usually post late at night, like I do, and the audience is a bit more appreciative, but not always.

I agree, though, that a lot of really cool science posts degenerate quickly to bad puns and Photoshop humor.

[zeestephen]

Well, OK!

First time I’ve noticed your name.

You will get the ping on EVERY Lagrange point question from now on.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks zs for the kind remarks!

[Dr.Deth]

D’oh. The Webb-Hubble must have been previously erected on Hillary’s Peak or something.

[mowowie]

Seems like it’s been forever waiting for this thing to launch.
This thing BETTER unfold properly when it is time....

[mowowie]

Good One!