James Webb Space Telescope, information, updates and discussion |
James Webb Space Telescope, information, updates and discussion |
Jul 7 2011, 10:42 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 8-November 05 From: Australia Member No.: 547 |
Oh dear, the spectre of cancellation of the JWST is being raised...
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1107/06jwst/ I can think of a few expenditures that can be slashed to pay for the HST successor.... |
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Jul 7 2011, 09:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 31-May 08 From: San Carlos, California, USA Member No.: 4168 |
I became ill when I read about this yesterday.
I think a lot of us want to say some things that would violate UMSF's posting terms. I'll just say it made me consider (someday) moving to a different country. And I know my sentiment is shared by a lot of engineers. |
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Jul 7 2011, 11:08 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Let's all take a deep breath, calm down, and hope for the best...and keep Rule 1.2 firmly in mind.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 8 2011, 12:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Surely the components already made won't be trashed, will they? (Assuming this actually happens; remember Dawn's resurrections!)
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Jul 8 2011, 03:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1452 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
If it goes like SIM(-lite), the hardware will probably be disposed of.
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Jul 8 2011, 02:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
If no one has any new facts to bring to the discussion, I'm not sure we can accomplish much just speculating about it. I remember Kepler was in trouble at one point for similar reasons (poor management) and NASA forced them to reorganize, but I don't remember the details. Does anyone know any details?
--Greg |
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Jul 9 2011, 12:19 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Also recall that Dawn WAS effectively cancelled for many of the same reasons, but of course did fly. It's way, way too early to begin mourning for JWST, people.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Sep 15 2011, 09:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 723 Joined: 13-June 04 Member No.: 82 |
News Flash: James Webb Space Telescope SAVED!
The news has just come in: the United States Senate has decided to fully fund the James Webb Space Telescope, and it should be set to launch in 2018, which is the earliest it can possibly go ahead at this point. |
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Sep 15 2011, 09:59 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
How many times do I have to clean up this thread because of rule 1.2?
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Feb 20 2015, 01:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 291 Joined: 29-December 05 From: Ottawa, ON Member No.: 624 |
Is the JWST going to be used for any Solar System observations? Such as asteroid imaging, monitoring weather on outer planets, moons of outer planets (such as IO), moons of Uranus and so forth. If so, what would be the resolution?
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Feb 20 2015, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2542 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Is the JWST going to be used for any Solar System observations? Google yields http://jwst.nasa.gov/faq_solarsystem.html -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Feb 24 2015, 10:55 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 3-August 12 Member No.: 6454 |
I looked through the FAQs and even posted a question on their fb page, but never got a reply regarding whether there was any chance of coupling JWST with the StarShade project.....
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/video/15 |
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Feb 24 2015, 11:33 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I believe you have to specifically design the instrumentation on the 'scope end to match the StarShade - and the JWST instrument manifest has been solidly defined and in development/test/build for many years.
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Feb 12 2016, 11:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 12-June 05 From: Kiama, Australia Member No.: 409 |
Time-lapse: The Assembly of the James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d1sHLkmNQI |
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May 4 2016, 07:56 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 31-December 10 From: Earth Member No.: 5589 |
Looks like the optics have been mated to the ISIM. Group photos are being taken as I type.
http://jwst.nasa.gov/webcam.html |
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