The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
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Re: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
#2Going to be amazing if this thing can actually unfurl, but I'm scared.
Re: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
#3Such an exciting, and high stakes, and dramatically late and over-budget mission.
Re: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
#4Does anyone remember the initial proposals for this. The cost was supposed to be $500M. At most something like $1B.
Given this is standard govt contracting - I'm sure it's come out much higher.
Re: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
#5Does anyone remember the initial proposals for this. The cost was supposed to be $500M. At most something like $1B. Given this is standard govt contracting - I'm sure it's come out much higher.
Here is a nice table with the history of the budget:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope#Cos...
Re: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
#6Does anyone remember the initial proposals for this. The cost was supposed to be $500M. At most something like $1B. Given this is standard govt contracting - I'm sure it's come out much higher.
Fact boy covered it a few weeks ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CowU0QK0Pjs&ab_channel=Megap...
From what i remember this project has been running since around the time of Hubble
Still.... Can't wait for it to get up there, money and time well spent!
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Re: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
#8Going to be amazing if this thing can actually unfurl, but I'm scared.
Same feelings here!
Ever since it was announced I have been anxious about it all going to plan.
Sometimes I put myself in the shoes of the engineers and controllers, and I can’t imagine how nerve wracking it must be, waiting and waiting!
The thing could simply blow up on the launch pad, for goodness sake!
Re: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
#9Going to be amazing if this thing can actually unfurl, but I'm scared.
I used to work at JPL, and I was there when the sky-crane (the system currently used to land rovers on Mars) was first proposed back in the late 90s. I remember thinking to myself, "That is the craziest idea I have ever heard, there is no way that could possibly work." But it did.
Never bet against NASA engineers. Sure, they have the odd high-profile screwup, but on the whole they are shockingly competent.
Re: The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
#10Such an exciting, and high stakes, and dramatically late and over-budget mission.
I am so amped for this telescope. I hope it exceeds my expectations.
It also looks like this location will be quite crowded in the future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_objects_at_Lagrange_po...