JWST launch delayed to 2019
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MartG said:
Please let this happen ....First in a series by Smarter Every Day on the JWST, quite a long interview with Dr J Mathers, I really enjoyed it and looking forward to the next episode.
https://youtu.be/4P8fKd0IVOs
And those air bearings for shifting the thing around are seriously cool.
https://youtu.be/4P8fKd0IVOs
And those air bearings for shifting the thing around are seriously cool.
The space telescope has now arrived by ship in French Guiana.
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transpo...
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transpo...
No, Insurance rates would be... astronomical.
The JWST convoy arrives at the ESA facility in French Guiana. It's in a protective, air conditioned enclosure:
Back right is the port of Kourou.
Back left you can see the Salvation Islands, of which Devil's Island of Papillon / Dreyfus Affair fame is the most notorious.
The JWST convoy arrives at the ESA facility in French Guiana. It's in a protective, air conditioned enclosure:
Back right is the port of Kourou.
Back left you can see the Salvation Islands, of which Devil's Island of Papillon / Dreyfus Affair fame is the most notorious.
Edited by Beati Dogu on Wednesday 13th October 10:34
I’m genuinely excited about the new discoveries the JWST will make. 30 years in the making, I remember reading about it as a kid, before the Hubble had even been repaired.
My mate sent me this today, just one of many theories that this telescope could help corroborate with experimental data:
https://news.yale.edu/2021/12/16/black-holes-and-d...
I actually quite like the sound of this one, seems fitting that dark matter resides in black holes.
My mate sent me this today, just one of many theories that this telescope could help corroborate with experimental data:
https://news.yale.edu/2021/12/16/black-holes-and-d...
I actually quite like the sound of this one, seems fitting that dark matter resides in black holes.
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