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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be best tool yet to spot killer asteroids
- ck2 2mo agoRoman vs JWST comparison * https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14942/ https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14942/ launch info * https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6983/ https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6983/ btw what's fascinating to me is that while JWST relies on ground-control to figure out where it is in space, the Roman telescope knows EXACTLY by using state-of-the-art great-great-grandchild of the system that was on the SR-71, using 18 guide-stars and gyroscopes, etc. * https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240010650 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240010650 * https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/space/spacecraft/nancy-grace-roman-telescope https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/space/spacecraft/... it's just so amazing, including a 500mbps downlink (JWST "only" has 28mbps) for 1.5TB per day
- toomuchtodo 2mo agoVery cool that they compliment each other and can work together. Areas of interest detected by Roman’s wide field capabilities can be tasked to JWST for higher resolution follow up.