James Webb telescope: Hubble's successor to launch in six weeks after years of delays

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[MNDude]

It’s taken 25 years to build, has faced long delays, and cost many billions of dollars more than expected, but the countdown is finally on to launch the James Webb telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.

In just six weeks, a powerful rocket is expected to carry into space the most ambitious space telescope ever built, one promising to revolutionize how we see the universe.

At a news conference this week, scientists said that after more than a decade of delays, the James Webb telescope is finally ready to fly.

[MNDude]

If we don’t finally see what’s at the end of the universe with this one, I’m gonna be disappointed.

[smokingfrog]

If it had launched on time, we could have seen the end of the universe, but the universe has expanded in the mean time, so it won’t quite make it.

[Dr.Deth]

Whatever the Webb Hubble telescope shows, I’m pretty sure I don’t want to see

[Deaf Smith]

Just have to add 25 light years to it’s range.

[smokingfrog]

[fhayek]

Uranus, or perhaps Hillary’s anus…

oh, come on! It was right there…

[Revel]

It is rumored that the first image will be of Charlotte’s Web.

[telescope115]

I’ve been waiting…
I hope it works like it’s supposed to.

[puppypusher]

Lets hope that the telescope survives the launch and reaches its proper orbit.

From what I’ve read this telescope is going to be so far away from the earth that there will be No service calls in the event there are technical and equipment issues.

Hopefully they built this telescope and launch vehicle right.

[43north]

I’m praying for success. There are SO many things that could go wrong. If the machine works it will be a giant leap forward in our collective knowledge about where we live.

[dragnet2]

This should be awesome. Seeing what no man has seen before.

[South Dakota]

Twenty five years and billions in cost over runs?

Did Comey and Mueller have their fingers into this too?

[doorgunner69]

Was me in charge, I would stop at lower earth orbit and deploy the thing, then gently move it the rest of the way.

Something not unfold just right or whatever, ain’t no one going up to the final orbit to fix it.

[null and void]

If we don’t finally see what’s at the end of the universe with this one, I’m gonna be disappointed.

The restaurant?

[minnesota_bound]

We might see ourselves looking at us

[chajin]

One might prefer the Jack Webb telescope: it would just show the facts, ma’am.

[null and void]

Not for four more days, he needs to show up with Friday...

[politicianslie]

If we don’t finally see what’s at the end of the universe with this one, I’m gonna be disappointed.

What happens when they see something older than 14 billion years? They won't be able to explain that their Big Bang theory with dark matter and dark energy is really dark BS.

[chajin]

I saw what you did there 😉