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NASA's $10 Billion New Observatory: James Webb Space Telescope Gets a Launch Date
SciTechDaily.com ^ | 09 September 2021 | NASA

Posted on 09/10/2021 7:42:55 AM PDT by zeestephen

NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit on December 18, 2021, to serve as the premier deep space observatory for the next decade.

(Excerpt) Read more at scitechdaily.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jameswebb; spacetelescope

1 posted on 09/10/2021 7:42:55 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

When will they launch the Joe Biden telescope? The one that will face earth and watch the American heartland for terrorists...


2 posted on 09/10/2021 7:46:04 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: zeestephen

Is that a full decade after the original date?


3 posted on 09/10/2021 7:46:35 AM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: ArtDodger
When will did they launch the Joe Biden telescope? The one that will face earth and watch the American heartland for terrorists...

There. Fixed.

4 posted on 09/10/2021 7:48:03 AM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: zeestephen

I thought this thing was already launched by now.


5 posted on 09/10/2021 7:54:37 AM PDT by newzjunkey (“We Did It Joe!” - The Taliban /s)
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To: ArtDodger

When will they launch the Joe Biden telescope? The one that will face earth and watch the American heartland for terrorists...

Isn’t that one whose Principle Investigator is some guy named Xi Jinping?


6 posted on 09/10/2021 7:54:41 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: null and void
When will did they launch the Joe Biden telescope? The one that will face earth and watch the American heartland for terrorists...

It and the CIA (and the other WOKE Deep State alphabet agencies) were so busy watching Americans that they neglected to keep an eye on the Taliban.

7 posted on 09/10/2021 8:01:13 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction". It is dying on Our Watch!)
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To: zeestephen

Very excited for this. I’ve been following this for longer than a decade.


8 posted on 09/10/2021 8:02:14 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: zeestephen

Hopefully that when the telescope is launched its launched safely and once in its proper orbit works flawlessly.

There will be NO repair crews going out to service that telescope. Good luck to NASA and the United States of America.


9 posted on 09/10/2021 8:02:42 AM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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Yes, this is a 'new' and delayed launch date from 31 October BUT I am sincerely praying that it can be launched BEFORE it gets RENAMED! I just did a search on the name and find scads of entries with titles like "Astronomers want NASA to rename James Webb telescope" with suggestions like "Harriet Tubman".

With no disrespect towards that very brave lady, the headline deceives in that this is the 'bright' idea of about 3 NASA astronomers and multiple LGBT pressure groups. If you want a rather good Youtube video (12 minutes) on this kerfuffle, I can recommend "James Webb Telescope: The Holy Inquisition Also Strikes NASA" [Insane Curiosity - 21 August 2021].

10 posted on 09/10/2021 8:09:57 AM PDT by SES1066 (Ask not what the LEFT can do for you, rather ask what the LEFT is doing to YOU!)
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To: ArtDodger

They can call it Ham Sandwich for all I care I just want the darn thing to work as predicted.


11 posted on 09/10/2021 8:15:04 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you.)
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To: zeestephen

It would be a shame if the Harriet Tubman telescope exploded on the pad. 10 years in todays pace is a thousand years when you only get a one time shot at it.

If anyone but SpaceX has their mitts in the works I would not place any bets on this thing making orbit.


12 posted on 09/10/2021 8:22:07 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it !)
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Re: "If anyone but SpaceX has their mitts in the works I would not place any bets on this thing making orbit."

Webb, an international program led by NASA with its partners ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, will launch on an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on the northeastern coast of South America. ESA is providing the Ariane 5.

Re: "Orbit"

No Earth orbit.

It is going to a Sun-Earth Lagrange Point about 1 million miles from Earth.

It does technically orbit the Lagrange Point. Perhaps that is what you meant?

13 posted on 09/10/2021 9:11:18 AM PDT by zeestephen
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14 posted on 09/10/2021 9:16:36 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

If this deployment turns out to be a disaster heads should roll...

I’ve been waiting so long and spending so much tax $$ i am praying for success.


15 posted on 09/10/2021 9:57:38 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: zeestephen

This is the biggest biggy of all...

In stark contrast to bogus crap like the space station, this has the potential to actually advance the boundaries of scientific knowledge...

Maybe if someone like Elon had been in charge of this from the beginning, decades ago, it would not have taken so long...


16 posted on 09/10/2021 10:53:55 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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