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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
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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 expectedTypical government project. 500 million project has 9.5 Billion overrun. Hope this one doesn't require glasses.
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posted on
11/08/2021 9:51:18 PM PST
by
Starstruck
( Binge watching re-runs of history.)
To: null and void; MNDude
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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...
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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.")
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.
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.
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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)
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.
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posted on
11/09/2021 12:55:16 AM PST
by
Dundee
(They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
To: MNDude
Years delayed, over budget big time...yep, government work
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posted on
11/09/2021 1:00:44 AM PST
by
Fledermaus
(I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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.
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posted on
11/09/2021 2:40:37 AM PST
by
FLT-bird
To: MNDude
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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.
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posted on
11/09/2021 2:51:40 AM PST
by
Cboldt
To: puppypusher
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:01:29 AM PST
by
Cboldt
To: MNDude
‘A decade’ of delays… far more than a ‘few years’
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:28:54 AM PST
by
Pikachu_Dad
("the media are selling you a line of soap)
To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
11/09/2021 7:10:45 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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.
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...
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posted on
11/09/2021 8:41:10 AM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: going hot
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posted on
11/09/2021 1:52:15 PM PST
by
null and void
(The Washington DC Swamp, Where Bottom Feeders Are Apex Predators!)
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.
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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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