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The James Webb Space Telescope and stuff


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4 minutes ago, Minmus Taster said:

What an amazing Christmas Present :D a part of me thinks NASA delayed it on-purpose just so it would launch today.

Anybody know whether all those ground crew at mission control get paid overtime for launching on a Saturday and a holiday? Will they be heading home to their families later today?

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31 minutes ago, Minmus Taster said:

Everyone just forget that this thing still has two weeks full of deployments before the thing WORKS and just enjoy the fact they're actually doing it :D

Another 2 weeks after that to get to L2, and then 5 months of finishing the full commissioning of the satelllite, will be all about aligning the optics and calibrating the scientific instruments.

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