Subj : Re: At long last, the world's most powerful space telescope is ready to
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Dec 25 2021 14:16:01

Hi August,

On 2021-12-24 12:14:24, I wrote to you:

 AA>> What is that one supposed to do besides litter space with more
 AA>> junk?   :/   What is the "debate", and why "tension"?

 WvV> It won't be in orbit around the earth, so no pollution of orbit space.
 WvV> It's kind of the successor of the Hubble space telescope.
 WvV> It will see things never seen before.
 WvV> It has cost about 10 Billion so far. 10 times more than estimated.
 WvV> Because of it's place in space it can't be repaired once launched.
 WvV> Because of it's size it's folded up inside the launch rocket, and needs to
 WvV> be deployed after launch. So a lot can go wrong, and for that price, and
 WvV> the possible return in science data is so high, people are very
 WvV> anxious/exited about the launch, and deployement fase...

Launch was a success! It's now in its preliminary orbit around the earth...

Bye, Wilfred.

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