Jezbollah
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He was the second Administrator of NASA from 1961 through 1968
After 20 Years, NASA completes the James Webb telescope. The most powerful ever!
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He was the second Administrator of NASA from 1961 through 1968
NPR did a story on the testing of the James Webb telescope and had some cool pictures of the sun shield during testing.
Link to the story: http://www.npr.org/2016/11/28/503166625/some-assembly-required-new-space-telescope-will-take-shape-after-launch
Edit: A video detailing the unfolding and set up of the telescope after launch
Link to the story: http://www.npr.org/2016/11/28/503166625/some-assembly-required-new-space-telescope-will-take-shape-after-launch
Edit: A video detailing the unfolding and set up of the telescope after launch
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/james-webb-space-telescope-goddard/509840/
So, let's point it at the moon and give a nice shot for all the moon-landing-was-fake dudes. Show the tracks, the flash and the plaque. Right? If astronauts are punching people, this is worth it.
So, let's point it at the moon and give a nice shot for all the moon-landing-was-fake dudes. Show the tracks, the flash and the plaque. Right? If astronauts are punching people, this is worth it.
Yup. He was admin during the apollo program.
I believe the JWST will never be pointed towards the non-dark side of the moon due to its location.
We do have this, though:
Lucky Forward
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter already did that (although not to bumblebee detail), the wackos are going to believe what they want to believe.
i mean given where we are placing it seems like a waste of valuable astronomy time but *shrug*
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
It will never be pointed at the Earth, since from the L2 point the Earth will always be extremely close in the sky to the Sun, and the reason for that big-ass Sun shield up there goes out of the window if you point the damn thing at the Sun anyway.
I wonder what our space program would be like if we spent 500 billion a year on it...
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Damn you science.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter already did that (although not to bumblebee detail), the wackos are going to believe what they want to believe.
Looks photoshopped
It's clearly the work of Stanley Kubrick
Gnome Scat
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That bastard is still at it
We're such a fucking stupid species...the ability and resources to do so much, yet squander it on the dumbest, most self-destructive shit.
Imagine if we spent those trillions of dollars invested in the F-35 on something useful!
Thinking about that is too painful.
We're mostly a selfish, self-serving species. "Fuck you. I got mine" seems to be the motto across every country. If humanity wasn't constantly bickering over religion, race, or things like that and we worked together, we'd already be in space.
jchap
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Be in space doing what? We wouldn't be going anywhere outside our little solar bubble.
Our little solar system is still gigantic beyond most people's actual comprehension. We could be colonizing or even terraforming Mars or setting up bases on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Hell just mining the asteroid belt would provide us with more mineral wealth that we could ever imagine without destroying Earth. I don't even get the whole,"We're not going anywhere" part of your post. You ever set foot on Mars? No obviously so lets get there before asking where are we going to go.
Damn, you're probably right, and that depresses the hell out of me.
Those kind of people are clowns. They seem to not realize that we landed on the moon multiple times, not just once. Why the hell would NASA fake land on the moon six times? Why the hell would they fake a moon mission failing and almost killing their astronauts (Apollo 13)?
Cool CG video on the JWST, uploaded January 24th: https://youtu.be/v6ihVeEoUdo
Nostremitus
Member
Nice... It's gonna be a long wait...
Jezbollah
Member
October 2018!
JWT should be something incredible once it gets to the final position and starts operations.
Zok310
Banned
I predict on day 1 after tests have been compleated and have reached its final orbit, this thing will instantly discover the Mass Relays at the edge of the Solar system 😂
Other than that, I remember watching a documentary about JWB back in high school like 15 years ago. Can't believe it took this long to finally complete it.
Prolly cost more to take that picture than the total cost of the moon landing itself. Better off just letting people believe that shit is tack than wasting the time and energy positioning jwb to take that picture.
Other than that, I remember watching a documentary about JWB back in high school like 15 years ago. Can't believe it took this long to finally complete it.
Prolly cost more to take that picture than the total cost of the moon landing itself. Better off just letting people believe that shit is tack than wasting the time and energy positioning jwb to take that picture.
Zok310
Banned
Prolly cost more to take that picture than the total cost of the moon landing itself. Better off just letting people believe that shut is tack than wasting the time and energy positioning jwb to take that picture.
Tin foil hat, what if it's all s hoax saying they taking it to L2 and no one can reach it once it's in place, therefore they could feed us fake photos and shift because it cannot be debunked that it came from James Webb and also we won't know 100% that there's even a James Webb in space....
Ok too much coffee I'm over thinking the ridiculous possibilities
Ok too much coffee I'm over thinking the ridiculous possibilities
That picture of the sun shield is great. I often forget how large this thing is.
Just like with the lunar landings, the ammount of effort needed to fake the data dwarfs the effort of simply doing it.😋
BobTheFork
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We can, there's just more in the void of space than our hearts.
E-Cat
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That is honestly terrifying. So much can go wrong...
Jezbollah
Member
After Curiosity's landing, I think those working on such projects can pull it off no worries.
Ryan242004
Member
It truely is an amazing piece of equipment but it surprises me how short the life will be. Since it's so far out they won't be able to do repair missions and it's only designed to last 5-10 years. I hope thru figure out a way to make it last longer.
It kind of reminds me of Curiosity's deployment on Mars, which on paper looks kind of crazy... but they pulled it off flawlessly.
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Oops, beaten by Dan27.😰
Took that progress bar long as fuck to complete. Now to wait 5 turns to launch.
getting a manned craft out to L2 sounds like fun. and a manned base at one of the L points sounds inevitable.
we also invented pancakes and maple syrup, and also cartoons. are we really all bad, or just tragic mix of wonderful and awful?
getting a manned craft out to L2 sounds like fun. and a manned base at one of the L points sounds inevitable.
we also invented pancakes and maple syrup, and also cartoons. are we really all bad, or just tragic mix of wonderful and awful?
Jezbollah
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CrunchyFrog
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Fucking gloss finish, gonna be fingerprints all over that thing :/
I'm willing this to succeed so much. It's giddying to think how much we can learn.
It's a mix. People also forget that concepts like compassion and humour are human inventions. Also, concepts. This telescope will be the self-aware part of the Universe looking at itself, trying to understand what it is.
It's a mix. People also forget that concepts like compassion and humour are human inventions. Also, concepts. This telescope will be the self-aware part of the Universe looking at itself, trying to understand what it is.
buttery fistful
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i really hope that bear doesn't break
DouglasteR
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Prepare your simple minds (by the fact that all that we have is hubble resolution and quality photos) to be enhanced beyond imaginable levels.
I can't wait for Pillars of Creation and all other nebulas.
The galaxy finally in HD and OLED.
I can't wait for Pillars of Creation and all other nebulas.
The galaxy finally in HD and OLED.
I think my soul would hurt if that happened to me
OG Shaka Zulu
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Lmao is that real? Someone really dropped it?
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Lol yeah, but that's not the James Webb telescope. That happened in like 2004 or something.
perfectchaos007
Member
Will it post pictures on Instagram? Thats the only way the kids would care.