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DEC 25, 01:17 PM
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I'm liking this report from The Verge. It starts with a video of the Christmas Day launch from the Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
"NASA’s revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope successfully launches to space"
Loren Grush for The Verge; December 25, 2021.
https://www.theverge.com/20...unch-mission-success
Read-o-Meter 6 minutes
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Video 9 minutes 40 seconds
YouTubeDirectTM option:
https://youtu.be/wzU46BiYh2o[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 12-25-2021).]
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Patrick
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DEC 25, 07:14 PM
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Sure hope the "unfurling" goes as planned!
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Notorio
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DEC 28, 12:22 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
Sure hope the "unfurling" goes as planned! |
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Sure hope this one actually focuses ...
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Steel
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DEC 28, 03:22 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Notorio:
Sure hope this one actually focuses ... |
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lol first thing I thought too..
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Patrick
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DEC 28, 04:00 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Notorio:
Sure hope this one actually focuses...
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After the Hubble experience, I trust they've got the JWST dialed in. 
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82-T/A [At Work]
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DEC 28, 08:37 AM
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My understanding is that this is supposed to be wildly more advanced than the Hubble... which is still a great telescope. I'm pretty excited by what we may be able to see in the near future with this guy... space is the one area where I think, for the most part... everyone comes together. It's the only area where we move forward as humanity, and that's awesome.
Side comment... if anyone here has never seen the "Very Large Array," I think it's worth the visit. It was one of the most memorable things I saw in New Mexico... and let me tell you, New Mexico is one of my favorite states. There's so much to see and do... from a natural standpoint, the place is amazing. Every 100 miles is like a completely different terrain.
Anyway, here's a picture of the Very Large Array if you guys have never seen it. It was featured in 2010 A Space Odyssey, and a few other movies. It's a "radio telescope."
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rinselberg
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DEC 30, 03:35 PM
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"So far, so good"
JWST’s Precise Launch and Near-Perfect Course Corrections Mean Fuel Savings. And That Means a Longer Mission
Nancy Atkinson for Universe Today; December 29, 2021.
https://www.universetoday.c...ns-a-longer-mission/[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 12-30-2021).]
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Raydar
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DEC 30, 09:51 PM
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The first returned image.
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cvxjet
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DEC 30, 10:51 PM
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The first returned image.
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Absolutely hilarious......And, scarily, very possible. How the a-clowns messed up Hubble is beyond me......What is really bad about this new space telescope is that there is no way they can "go and fix it"...It's location makes that (Basically) impossible.
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Valkrie9
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DEC 31, 02:45 AM
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