Subj : Re: At long last, the world's most powerful space telescope is ready to
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Dec 25 2021 04:59 pm

Hi Wilfred...

WvV> Hi August,
WvV> On 2021-12-24 12:14:24, I wrote to you:
WvV>> It won't be in orbit around the earth, so no pollution of orbit space.
WvV>> It's kind of the successor of the Hubble space telescope.
WvV>> It will see things never seen before.
WvV>> It has cost about 10 Billion so far. 10 times more than estimated.
WvV>> Because of it's place in space it can't be repaired once launched.
WvV>> Because of it's size it's folded up inside the launch rocket, and needs to
WvV>> be deployed after launch. So a lot can go wrong, and for that price, and
WvV>> the possible return in science data is so high, people are very
WvV>> anxious/exited about the launch, and deployement fase...
WvV> Launch was a success! It's now in its preliminary orbit around the earth...
WvV> Bye, Wilfred.

When are the first results (data, images) supposed to occur?

Ciao!
/|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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