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James Webb telescope: Hubble's successor to launch in six weeks after years of delays
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Posted on 11/08/2021 7:47:39 PM PST by 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.

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To: MNDude
It’s taken 25 years to build, has faced long delays, and cost many billions of dollars more than expected

Typical government project. 500 million project has 9.5 Billion overrun. Hope this one doesn't require glasses.

21 posted on 11/08/2021 9:51:18 PM PST by Starstruck ( Binge watching re-runs of history.)
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To: null and void; MNDude
>> If we don’t finally see what’s at the end of the universe with this one, I’m gonna be disappointed.

> The restaurant?

Well you beat me to it, but I got the image...


22 posted on 11/08/2021 10:14:26 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: MNDude
This will be 20 to 30 days of terror, so we will not sleep well at that time

Oh, man, got my fingers crossed Webb works as planned. It's going to be an absolute disaster if doesn't.

23 posted on 11/08/2021 10:17:58 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: MNDude

It’s not a successor to Hubble. Webb is an infrared scope and Hubble is a visible scope, and their are no plans to put a new visible scope up.

Elon Musk should offer to buy Hubble for a dollar and go save it. He could easily make his money back by renting time on it if he can figure out how to keep it up there.


24 posted on 11/08/2021 10:54:59 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: VanShuyten

Nah, the BFR has plenty of cargo space. Build a new, updated and much bigger Hubble that just fits on the BFR and launch that sucker.


25 posted on 11/09/2021 12:55:16 AM PST by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
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To: MNDude

Years delayed, over budget big time...yep, government work


26 posted on 11/09/2021 1:00:44 AM PST by Fledermaus (I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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To: MNDude

I’ve been waiting for this one to go up. The data this thing is supposed to be able to gather will be breathtaking.


27 posted on 11/09/2021 2:40:37 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: MNDude
-- If we don't finally see what's at the end of the universe with this one, I'm gonna be disappointed. --

Heh!

I hope the launch and placement come off without a fatal hitch. Hubble delivered some beautiful views.

The mysteries of the universe were designed to be impenetrable.

28 posted on 11/09/2021 2:51:40 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: puppypusher
-- 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. --

There is a great animation at James Webb Telescope Solar Orbit.

Link to animation only

29 posted on 11/09/2021 3:01:29 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: MNDude

‘A decade’ of delays… far more than a ‘few years’


30 posted on 11/09/2021 3:28:54 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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31 posted on 11/09/2021 7:10:45 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Starstruck

#21 It is a telescope and a rocket. I guess Elon Musk could have launched in about a year. Look at the number of launches he has compared to the others. The others are tied to gov’t contracts.


32 posted on 11/09/2021 8:31:38 AM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: null and void
There are many ways to make a living out here.

Some buy and sell used rocket parts

Some place bets on the kettle run.

Some mine asteroids for precious metals.

Some make a living pirating and robbing other spaceships.

That's when I come in.......

I carry a badge...

33 posted on 11/09/2021 8:41:10 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: going hot

Pretty good!


34 posted on 11/09/2021 1:52:15 PM PST by null and void (The Washington DC Swamp, Where Bottom Feeders Are Apex Predators!)
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To: MNDude

Hopefully they built it correctly and won’t have to send up a repair mission like they had to do with the Hubble.


35 posted on 11/09/2021 1:59:25 PM PST by Rebelbase (Were State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims the guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide "vaccine" tests?)
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