I wonder how much time and testing has gone into deployment operations vs science operations in the development of the JWST. It's entirely possible that in thi

I wonder how much time and testing has gone into deployment operations vs science operations in the development of the JWST. It's entirely possible that in this case we would still do it the same way again, but in hindsight it seems there is a point where developing a new spacecraft that minimizes that complexity might be an option that should remain on the table for these missions.