JWST Launches Today
JWST Launches Today
Been waiting for this for a long time. I suspect it's going to change the worlds of physics and astronomy forever, but it might just change the world full stop in the end.
Let's just hope after 30 years and $10 billion of work it doesn't explode on launch!
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It's away!
Look forward to seeing what information/data it brings us in the future
Look forward to seeing what information/data it brings us in the future
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That’s
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I’ve never been all that interested in space travel but that is mental. The engineering and technology to make something go that speed for such a prolonged time!
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Making things go fast in space is easy, it's slowing them down that tends to get tricky
An absolute unit
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The replies from the other nasa accounts are brilliant, nothing like a bit of inter department teasing
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I noticed today it passed 2/3 of the distance to L2
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Glad they got the sunshade up, there were a couple of delays and that had me nervous, and looks like a complicated bugger. Just the mirrors to go then I think and it's ready for commissioning.
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Good explanation of the lagrange point it's heading for.
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@RobYob excellent video indeed. Thank you.
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Can't wait to see what it discovers plus the purty pictures.
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Cheers,
Ian
Ian
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That’s fantastic.
Checking it’s position had fallen off my daily radar (pun intended) so thanks for the prompt. Keen to see first images.
Checking it’s position had fallen off my daily radar (pun intended) so thanks for the prompt. Keen to see first images.