James Webb Space Telescope

[Parson]

This whole thing absolutely blows me away. I try to imagine how these machines can function correctly in such utter cold when even -25 (f) weather here means everything is slow and brittle.

 

[mosaix]

James Webb: 'Fully focused' telescope beats expectations

Engineers align the mirrors of the $10bn observatory to produce a pin-sharp image of a star.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[mosaix]

Nasa image of star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies

Picture is a test shot to see how a new telescope’s 18 hexagonal mirrors work together for a single coordinated image

www.theguardian.com

 

[psikeyhackr]

This whole thing absolutely blows me away. I try to imagine how these machines can function correctly in such utter cold when even -25 (f) weather here means everything is slow and brittle.

This is the absurdity of our technological society. We can land robots on Mars with skyhooks but the automobile industry cannot provide reliability and durability data on the products they have manufactured for 100 years.

I have never owned a new car or been to an auto show since the Moon landing.

 

[Justin Swanton]

This whole thing absolutely blows me away. I try to imagine how these machines can function correctly in such utter cold when even -25 (f) weather here means everything is slow and brittle.

I suppose one could call it cool tech. ;-)

 

[Parson]

but the automobile industry cannot provide reliability and durability data on the products they have manufactured for 100 years.

Two words: "Planned Obsolescence."

--- If your cars break after 10 years or so it's easy to sell another one.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Two words: "Planned Obsolescence."

--- If your cars break after 10 years or so it's easy to sell another one.

And why we will have +3 degrees C by 2100.

 

[Parson]

And why we will have +3 degrees C by 2100.

I suppose you could take a more optimistic view and say that's why we will be all electric decades sooner because cars don't last 50 years like they should. --- But that's really reaching for something positive.

 

[Ambrose]

But it just might be negative.

 

[mosaix]

This is the absurdity of our technological society. We can land robots on Mars with skyhooks but the automobile industry cannot provide reliability and durability data on the products they have manufactured for 100 years.

I suppose that if each car cost a billion dollars it would perform better and last a lot longer than the ones we are used to.

 

[BAYLOR]

I suppose that if each car cost a billion dollars it would perform better and last a lot longer than the ones we are used to.

Yes, the car the lasts forever , the one billion dollar indestructible mobile , options not included .

 

[psikeyhackr]

I suppose that if each car cost a billion dollars it would perform better and last a lot longer than the ones we are used to.

Nonsensical complaint. Satellites and space probes must be super reliable since no one can go to repair them. That does not mean that manufacturers don't know how to make very reliable products for use on Earth that can be fixed here. Plus they do not need to be redesigned every year. There is also no reason why economists do not report the annual depreciation of automobiles since WWII.

Marketing encourages consumers to be stupid.

GDP is BS!

 

[Brian G Turner]

Back to the James Webb telescope please.

 

[mosaix]

James Webb Space Telescope in final stretch

The $10bn successor to Hubble is fully focussed and aligned. It's close now to starting work.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Quokka]

So great to see the JWST finally launched and close to active duty. I remember discussing this in one of my first ever classes as a teacher in 2015/16, at the time it was projected to launch in 2018 and I told the class that history would suggest it would get pushed back, possibly a few times but still to keep an eye out for when it launches and then later starts sending pictures back. I wonder if any students have seen it mentioned (or will do during its lifespan) and vaugely remember a high school science class from way way back.

 

[mosaix]

7 big questions the James Webb Space Telescope is about to answer

NASA will release the first full-colour images from the James Webb Space Telescope next week. Here’s what it will be looking at first – and how it could address the biggest mysteries of the universe

www.newscientist.com

ON 12 JULY, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will release its first scientific images, raising the curtain on a new era in astronomy. After years of delays, a suspenseful launch and months of testing, the most powerful telescope ever made is finally ready to gather fresh clues relating to questions we could only dream of answering with its predecessors.

 

[Brian G Turner]

NASA have released a "teaser" from an early engineering test:

NASA releases James Webb telescope 'teaser' picture

NASA has a provided a tantalizing teaser photo ahead of the highly-anticipated release next week of the first deep-space images from the James Webb Telescope—an instrument so powerful it can peer back into the origins of the universe.

phys.org

Certainly looks very detailed!

 

[psikeyhackr]

ON 12 JULY, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will release its first scientific images, raising the curtain on a new era in astronomy. After years of delays, a suspenseful launch and months of ], the most powerful telescope ever made is finally ready to gather fresh clues relating to questions we could only dream of answering with its predecessors.

AWAwawwaaa Man! NO eyeglasses for the mirror?

 

[Parson]

We are so lucky to be living in the days of this telescope. To quote the good Dr. --- Dr. Seuss, "O the wonders you will see."

 

[psikeyhackr]

Can Boldly

"look where no telescope has looked before."

AHAHAhahaaa! It's Klingons!