Subj : Re: At long last, the world's most powerful space telescope is ready to
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Dec 25 2021 16:59:40

Hi Wilfred...

 WvV> Hi August,
 WvV> On 2021-12-24 12:14:24, I wrote to you:
 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...
 WvV> Launch was a success! It's now in its preliminary orbit around the earth...
 WvV> Bye, Wilfred.

When are the first results (data, images) supposed to occur?

Ciao!
 /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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