After over a decade of delays, it looks like the JWT is finally getting launched in December. With a mirror about 6x the size (in total area) of Hubble and the ability to detect light deep into the infrared (for red shifted light from deep space), the telescope could potentially change much of what we know about the universe. And while Hubble orbits at about 340 miles above the Earth, JWT will orbit 930,000 miles (or about 4 times the distance to the moon) from the Earth.
This has got to be one of the most complex engineering feats taken on my humans and we're about to see if launch in a few months. Pretty damn cool.
This has got to be one of the most complex engineering feats taken on my humans and we're about to see if launch in a few months. Pretty damn cool.
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