JWST Launches Today

[duncs500]

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!

[jamcg]

You’ve jinxed it now

[duncs500]

You’ve jinxed it now

[Marv]

It's away!

Look forward to seeing what information/data it brings us in the future

[PaulJ]

It's away!

They should have let Bob Mortimer launch it with a much better 'and away'.

[IanF]

https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunc ... sWebb.html

[mik]

https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunc ... sWebb.html

That’s

[240PP]

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!

[ZedLeg]

Making things go fast in space is easy, it's slowing them down that tends to get tricky

[Jobbo]

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!

Just needs application of energy once you’ve escaped the atmosphere - there’s no friction.

[duncs500]

https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunc ... sWebb.html

That’s

I quite like this one as it has a few milestones on which bits unfurl when:

[jamcg]

The replies from the other nasa accounts are brilliant, nothing like a bit of inter department teasing

[mik]

I noticed today it passed 2/3 of the distance to L2

[duncs500]

The replies from the other nasa accounts are brilliant, nothing like a bit of inter department teasing

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.

[RobYob]

Good explanation of the lagrange point it's heading for.

[mik]

@RobYob excellent video indeed. Thank you.

[duncs500]

Tremendous!

[Mito Man]

Can't wait to see what it discovers plus the purty pictures.

[IanF]

[mik]

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.