High cost, high risk, high hopes: There's a lot riding on the $10B James Webb Space Telescope's laun

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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The launch of NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana could mark a triumph in a tale that thousands of astronomers have been following for a generation. Or it could result in the deepest tragedy.

Either way, the climax is due to unfold beginning on Christmas morning — making for a plot worthy of a holiday movie.

“I’ve been waiting 23 years for this telescope to launch,” University of Washington astronomer Eric Agol told GeekWire.

Agol has been waiting so long that the focus of his research changed completely during the wait. Back in 1998, when the Next-Generation Space Telescope was still on the drawing boards, he was studying gravitationally lensed quasars.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/high-cost-high-risk-high-hopes-theres-a-lot-riding-on-the-dollar10b-james-webb-space-telescopes-launch/ar-AAS7NLT

[krispos42]

1. I'm going to be up watching it live, I know that for sure.

I can't wait to see the flight controllers after a successful launch!

*crosses fingers*