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  • #346
    Originally posted by MichVandal View Post

    Again, a big building would be just fine and more permanent than a space telescope. The telescope should be named for the team that figured out that there were black holes pretty much everywhere- altering astrophysics. Or the team that saw exoplanets- since that's one of the telescope's main missions.

    Hubble's data show the universe was expanding. Which was one of the most profound changes in astronomy.
    Exactly.

    Give the administrators the ground facilities, fine, whatevs. Name the science-gathering artifacts after people who did science. Hell, name the NextGen after Margaret Geller, the bad as-s who discovered and mapped the Great Wall.
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      • #348
        15 minutes into flight, a-ok
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        • #349
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          • #350
            The live pictures of Webb from the upper stage camera after separation, with the Earth in the background, are amazing.





            That's not a simulation. We can see the solar array deploying and the telescope becoming self-powered, in real time!
            Last edited by Kepler; 12-25-2021, 06:59 AM.
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            • #351
              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
              The live pictures of Webb from the upper stage camera after separation, with the Earth in the background, are amazing.





              That's not a simulation. We can see the solar array deploying and the telescope becoming self-powered, in real time!
              That was a very cool view to see- with the solar array starting to come out, and then the planned decay burn for the stage took the scope out of view.

              For a while I was kind of disappointed that there very few on board views- but in hindsight, everything needs to be focused on it being perfect as opposed to seeing it happen- so fewer things going back and forth as well as less weight was imperative.

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              • #352
                Originally posted by MichVandal View Post
                For a while I was kind of disappointed that there very few on board views- but in hindsight, everything needs to be focused on it being perfect as opposed to seeing it happen- so fewer things going back and forth as well as less weight was imperative.
                I had exactly the same train of thought as I watched.
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                • #353
                  Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                  The live pictures of Webb from the upper stage camera after separation, with the Earth in the background, are amazing.





                  That's not a simulation. We can see the solar array deploying and the telescope becoming self-powered, in real time!
                  When that’s the quality of the images that we’re getting from the flight telemetry system….

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                  • #354
                    So cool. We didn’t make it up in time. Which is ok. I’m so happy it made it up. I’ve been waiting for this for a very long time. Definite congratulations to the countless people who worked on this, some their entire adult lives.

                    Ive been getting very much back into space and astronomy over the past couple months. Bought Kerbal Space Program which is a lot of fun and takes some decent thought to be successful. and my wife bought me the Saturn V LEGO set for Christmas. Very, very cool. That donkey is going to be 40” tall when it’s done.
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                    Originally posted by bigblue_dl
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                    Originally posted by Kepler
                    When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                    He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                    • #355
                      Originally posted by MichVandal View Post

                      That was a very cool view to see- with the solar array starting to come out, and then the planned decay burn for the stage took the scope out of view.

                      For a while I was kind of disappointed that there very few on board views- but in hindsight, everything needs to be focused on it being perfect as opposed to seeing it happen- so fewer things going back and forth as well as less weight was imperative.
                      There were and still are so many single points of failure that cameras should be strictly functional. I’m ok with that.
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                      Originally posted by SanTropez
                      May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                      Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                      I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                      Originally posted by Kepler
                      When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                      He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                      • #356
                        Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                        .... and my wife bought me the Saturn V LEGO set for Christmas. Very, very cool. That donkey is going to be 40? tall when it?s done.
                        I've had the Saturn V for two years, it's an awesome set with some great building techniques. The Apollo 11 Lander is also a fun set to have.
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                        • #357
                          Originally posted by aparch View Post

                          I've had the Saturn V for two years, it's an awesome set with some great building techniques. The Apollo 11 Lander is also a fun set to have.
                          She got me that last year :-D
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                          Originally posted by SanTropez
                          May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                          Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                          I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                          Originally posted by Kepler
                          When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                          He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West
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                          • #358
                            Webb is already over a tenth of the way to insertion.
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                            • #359
                              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                              Webb is already over a tenth of the way to insertion.
                              Keeping that page open for the foreseeable future.

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                              • #360
                                Originally posted by MichVandal View Post

                                Keeping that page open for the foreseeable future.
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                                Originally posted by SanTropez
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                                Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                                I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                                Originally posted by Kepler
                                When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                                He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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