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NASA Builds A Time-Machine Telescope 100 Times As Powerful As The Hubble
MSN.com ^ | 18 November 2014 | Eric Niler

Posted on 11/18/2014 2:32:23 PM PST by zeestephen

Inside a very big and very clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., nearly 30 workers dressed in white protective suits, goggles and blue booties cluster around the parts of a time machine. These parts — gold-covered mirrors, tennis-court-size sun shields, delicate infrared cameras — are slowly being put together to become the James Webb Space Telescope.

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KEYWORDS: astronomy; jameswebb; nasa; telescope; xplanets
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To: WhiskeyX

Thank you. I checked. There are 5 currently active heliocentric artificial satellites (including Rosetta).


61 posted on 11/18/2014 6:58:52 PM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: KoRn
Re: “Serious science comments”

You guys might want to check out “Kaslin” and “SunkenCiv” for excellent science and engineering posts.

They usually post late at night, like I do, and the audience is a bit more appreciative, but not always.

I agree, though, that a lot of really cool science posts degenerate quickly to bad puns and Photoshop humor.

62 posted on 11/19/2014 1:35:04 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: lagrange point1

Well, OK!

First time I’ve noticed your name.

You will get the ping on EVERY Lagrange point question from now on.


63 posted on 11/19/2014 1:42:57 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...
 
X-Planets
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Google news searches: exoplanet · exosolar · extrasolar ·

64 posted on 11/19/2014 1:54:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: zeestephen; KoRn; Drew68

Thanks zs for the kind remarks!


65 posted on 11/19/2014 1:56:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: Celtic Conservative

D’oh. The Webb-Hubble must have been previously erected on Hillary’s Peak or something.


66 posted on 11/20/2014 5:43:18 AM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: zeestephen

Seems like it’s been forever waiting for this thing to launch.
This thing BETTER unfold properly when it is time....


67 posted on 11/20/2014 10:55:49 AM PST by mowowie (`)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Good One!


68 posted on 11/20/2014 11:03:41 AM PST by mowowie (`)
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