RCgothic Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Deployment is the riskiest part of the mission and it's already hard enough to do once. It's too fragile to boost deployed. Nobody wants to deploy, undeploy, deploy again if it can possibly be avoided. Also low-mass deployment systems don't necessarily work in reverse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFUN Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Every time I see this topic pop up... I get excited. But then I look at the date of the OP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 So, T-1 year? I'll start sowing the corn. Should be ready to harvest and made to pop in time for another delay. Just kidding, don't crucify me. They should take their time and make sure it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFUN Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 18 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Every time I see this topic pop up... I get excited. But then I look at the date of the OP. yeppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 At some point, I almost wonder what there is to stop them from making two dozen of these a little cheaper, and just sending them up until one of them works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfthu Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) Webb’s Golden Mirror Wings Open One Last Time on Earth | NASA Edited May 16, 2021 by Dfthu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Launch has been pushed back a month due to issues with ariane 5 https://spacenews.com/jwst-launch-slips-to-november/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernplain Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 What is another month after fifteen years of delays? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Grumble - I fear every time this pops up. For good reason, apparently. Few missions have had my interest, longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Well.. At least it has nothing to do with the telescope itself. I really want to see this launch, I want to start seeing headlines about JWST discoveries, like we were getting with Kepler all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Remember that the Ariane 5 has to do two launches with the redesigned fairing before being allowed to fly the JWST, so if any of those has problem or just slips the JWST will, once again, slip as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Beccab said: Remember that the Ariane 5 has to do two launches with the redesigned fairing before being allowed to fly the JWST, so if any of those has problem or just slips the JWST will, once again, slip as well STOP IT! STOP STOP STOP STOP STOPIT!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Calm down, brother. Calm down. I feel your pain. We all do. But patience is the most important virtue any space nerd needs At this point, probably only nuclear fusion enthusiasts have it worse than we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzman Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 There is an old joke about a women saying the her marriage has never been consummated because her husband is an aerospace engineer and all he ever does is tell how how great it will be one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKI Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I saw this telescope a year or so back at the facility for open house, as I live close enough, and knew someone who works at Northrop. It was interesting how big it is, but I mainly found it incredible as its so gosh darn complicated, so far behind schedule, and just more or less sitting in a large closet waiting for more tests/other delays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/nasa-science-chief-says-its-ok-to-be-worried-or-terrified-about-webb/%3famp=1 "One more Arianne 5 launch must go well..." So, September - and then the tension can really begin Edited August 4, 2021 by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 https://www.universetoday.com/152263/james-webbs-upper-stage-is-off-to-the-launch-site/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 One step closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Scotius said: One step closer. To the scariest spaceflight related moment of the last 20 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 True that. IMO only Hubble launch was close in the level of tension. ISS was even more important, but it was launched piece by piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Beccab said: https://www.universetoday.com/152263/james-webbs-upper-stage-is-off-to-the-launch-site/ Except now I cannot stop thinking about it being Hurricane season in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. :-[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silavite Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 4 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Except now I cannot stop thinking about it being Hurricane season in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. :-[ The chance of a hurricane striking French Guiana is quite low due to the fact that it's almost at the equator. Spoiler Source Tropical cyclones need to be some distance from the equator to form because the rotation associated with their structure initially derives from the Coriolis force, and the Coriolis force is zero at the equator. In addition, it would be unlikely for an extant tropical system to move south towards French Guiana due to the beta effect (on slides 11 - 18). Starbase, on the other hand... well, it's only a matter of time, and those tents don't look very windproof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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