Posted on 10/15/2021 4:43:24 AM PDT by zeestephen
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully arrived in French Guiana Tuesday (October 12, 2021), after a 16-day journey at sea. The 5,800-mile voyage took Webb from California through the Panama Canal...The world's largest and most complex space science observatory will now be driven to its launch site, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, where it will begin two months of operational preparations before its launch on an Ariane 5 rocket, scheduled for December 18.
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No supply chain hang ups?
I’ve been waiting literally a decade for this. It’ll be able to scan exoplanets’ atmospheres to detect life on them. Probably the biggest science mission in this generation.
"Webb was undersecretary of state during the dismissal of gay and lesbian federal employees in the 1950s."
Lucianne Walkowicz said NASA's decision showed the agency "does not deserve my time."
With any luck it will be ready to launch sometime in the next few decades after another few $trillion in added costs.
We’re in dark times when faggotry is the leading ideology.
Well, that's the good news, in my opinion..
"First Light" will take six months.
After reaching orbit at Lagrange Point 2, it has to unfold, then complete extensive set up and testing.
Why is the satellite going on an Ariane 5 instead of an American-made rocket?
Has anyone set up the ping list for its photos yet? I want on that list.
Yes, I’d feel more confident if this very expensive payload were going on a Spacex rocket. Falcon heavy could do it.
Ariane 5 is a reliable heavy rocket. There’s not that many with such a good record at this cost/performance elsewhere. Delta Heavy might’ve worked, but the Ariane deal was done 10+ years ago
It’s a combined effort of nasa and esa. If it went by nssa it would probably be on an atlas 5 which uses purchased Russian engines.
The supply chain was entirely American. It’s long overdue
May it have a successful flight
It is an amazing bit of craftsmanship. A very challenging bit of work. I hope we got it right because if anything isn’t perfect it can’t be fixed
And those of us who worked on it are hoping we got it right
At L2 there is no way to get to it to fix it
“Why is the satellite going on an Ariane 5 instead of an American-made rocket?”
muslim outreach.
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Falcon Heavy still only has a handful of launches. Ariane 5 once did 80 successful launches in a row.
Actually the ESA and Canada have made substantial contributions.
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/meetTheTeam/team.html
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