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Hubble’s replacement, James Webb, could offer us an opportunity to have a second space telescope. We just need to figure out how to repair the Hubble.
by melling 6y ago
Hubble’s replacement, James Webb, could offer us an opportunity to have a second space telescope.
We just need to figure out how to repair the Hubble.
- NikolaeVarius 6y agoIts not a replacement . Its a successor
- melling 6y agoHubble will be gone in 5-10 year. Whenever it breaks it’s done. Call the James’s Webb whatever you want. The point is that it would be useful to have both for decades
- tdy721 6y agoJames Webb isn’t a spy satellite chassis. The Vera Rubins telescope is though
- java-man 6y agoAnd I really fail to see why we build ONE James Webb. What of there is anomaly at launch? Why not build two? If one fails, we have another. If both launch, we have two telescopes! (Well, I don't know how difficult to have to instruments bobbing around L2 point). Most of the price of JW is research and development anyway. It will not be 2x the price, it will be much less, so even if we ignore the possible scientific output, from a purely financial perspective two would be a bargain. I just don't understand why we build one JW, and one Hubble, but we can afford 12 KHs and god know how many other spy telescopes...
- assap_cocky 6y agoFirst rule in government spending: Why build one when you can have two at twice the price? If only this was true.
- UI_at_80x24 6y agoA relevant Contact quote, on the topic of Space? nicely done.
- trentnix 6y agoWanna take a ride?
- pkaye 6y agoI think the James Webb focuses on the near infrared spectrum?