So there are a few things here. Not wanting historical figures to be evil is a poor basis of morality. Backwards compatibility isn't some thing that matters ver

So there are a few things here. Not wanting historical figures to be evil is a poor basis of morality. Backwards compatibility isn't some thing that matters very much to me in this department, especially considering all the slavery and murder and illegality of my sexual preferences that went on. That being said, sure. We can gauge people by the standards of their day, should that be helpful, as long as we don't confuse their standards for acceptable ones. However, that's all beside the point. There is a world of difference between 'canceling' someone by firing them now, 'canceling' someone by renaming things already named after them, and 'canceling' someone by...failing to name something new after them? I don't get a cool new satellite named after me, have I been canceled? Am I evil? How many people do you think even had an opinion on a NASA bureaucrat from the 60s? The fact is, the satellite isn't even in the air (or out of it, I suppose). James Webb isn't hurt or helped one bit no matter how this goes. He isn't a scientist, or particularly noted in popular culture. The naming of the satellite happened in the 2000s, not in the distant past when there was an excuse. Was James Webb evil? Who cares!? There are plenty of people to name a satellite after.