Subj : The James Webb Space Telescope To : Wilfred van Velzen From : August Abolins Date : Sun Dec 26 2021 11:49:00 Hello Wilfred van Velzen! ** On Sunday 26.12.21 - 17:06, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins: AA>> FYI, it hasn't made it to ASTRONOMY on 396/45 yet. WvV> That's odd, because he is connected to that area on my system, so he got WvV> it direct. (And my outbound is empty) I'm not getting a connection at 396/45 in the last couple days either. :( When was the last time you connected? WvV>>> It's now, a day after launch, almost 240 km from earth. WvV> ^^^^^^ WvV> That should have been: 240K km! :/ Somehow I didn't quite even notice that! WvV>>> https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html AA>> That's a nice page. It kinda reminds me of the days watching AA>> modem uploads/downloads. :/ WvV> That also took days? ;-) So says the fellow who wrote 240 km when he meant 240K km? ;) The awkwardness of the english language in translation arises. Of course I meant "the days when we could watch an upload/ download take over dialup. LOL AA>> At about 1.5-2mi/sec hope there isn't any teeny tiny AA>> debri that can render it useless. WvV> There's always that tiny, tiny, tiny risk. But it's WvV> already well beyond the "commercial" earth orbits, so WvV> that debri wouldn't be human made... Maybe the odd loose screw or bolt that has sprung loose from the myriad of launches over the decades will cross paths with a new mission. But then, maybe the gravity of nearby planets or moons could take care of such problems. -- ../|ug --- OpenXP 5.0.50 * Origin: Mobile? Join CHAT here: https://tinyurl.com/y5k7tsla (1:153/757.21) .