James Webb Space Telescope, information, updates and discussion |
James Webb Space Telescope, information, updates and discussion |
Aug 23 2005, 02:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 13-March 05 Member No.: 191 |
The manufacture of the JWST mirror blanks has now been completed.
Despite this milestone, the fate of JWST is still somewhat precarious, because although the scientific bang from the telescope is expected to be huge, the bucks required have increased to a staggering $4.5 billion. A Space.com article on the squeeze in NASA's space-based astronomy plans gives some background. The JWST home page can be found here. The Space Telescope Science Institute, which runs Hubble, also has a site here. As does ESA. |
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Dec 4 2022, 11:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 444 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
Some understated drama from the NASA blog post linked to by antipde:
QUOTE After negotiations with the Keck staff and observers who had already been scheduled to use the telescope that evening, Imke and Katherine quickly queued up a set of observations. Somewhat off-topic: I'm reasonably confident that a social compact exists under which scientists who agree to let their scheduled observations be bumped for urgent requests from higher profile projects get something in return, but it must be complex and fraught. Have any authors knowledgeably explored this topic for novels of manners ... or perhaps slasher fiction? /off-topic |
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