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The James Webb Telescope has a planned mission life of up to 10 years. At some point after that, it will fail. Given that it's going to be parked at L2, what ha
by biot 11y ago
The James Webb Telescope has a planned mission life of up to 10 years. At some point after that, it will fail. Given that it's going to be parked at L2, what happens at the end of its life? Presumably it'll just sit there waiting for a future salvage ship to come along and scoop it up for parts?