The James Webb Telescope

[Muse]

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what is this source? It was written by robots. I mean, just read that claptrap. No one is reporting this. anyway, it also doesn't matter, apparently, according to this very same robot source that can't even put words together in the worst attempt to even pretend that it is disseminating news to humans.

I mean, jesus fucking christ: just read for 15 seconds, this link, before considering posting such balderhoohy.

These appear fairly credible. Perhaps the alarming one posted here was exaggerating.

James Webb telescope hit by micrometeoroid: NASA

A mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope was struck by a micrometeoroid last month but is expected to continue to function normally, NASA said Thursday.

phys.org

The Webb Telescope Has Been Hit By Something. Here’s What It Means For Science

Just days before it’s due to see “first light” the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been hit by a micrometeoroid, damaging one of the 18 segments in its 6.5-meter mirror.

www.forbes.com

 

[Ajay]

I guess for the next ISS, we'll need to be able to support 'some assembly' required science experiments. Okay, I'm dreaming, still - would be awesome. Also, higher altitude for the next ISS, please - I'd like something more like a real spaceport. It's time to start nudging space science capabilities forward a bit. That and building a small Moon base.

Wouldn't work for space systems targeting a Lagrange point, still some assembly, including building protective shrouds would be cool.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I guess for the next ISS, we'll need to be able to support 'some assembly' required science experiments. Okay, I'm dreaming, still - would be awesome. Also, higher altitude for the next ISS, please - I'd like something more like a real spaceport. It's time to start nudging space science capabilities forward a bit. That and building a small Moon base.

Wouldn't work for space systems targeting a Lagrange point, still some assembly, including building protective shrouds would be cool.

The most obvious first start imo would be for SpaceX to set up a 'refuel station' in high earth orbit made out of their used tanks, and ferry fuel loads up there for future missions. Would be exceedingly lucrative for contract work for NASA/others to do deep space work, or very heavy lifts to luna/mars. From there you can spin off lunar/mars bases, orbital factories, dramatically larger hab units, etc.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

First and best choice would to avoid all things MuskRat.

 

[JEDI]

The most obvious first start imo would be for SpaceX to set up a 'refuel station' in high earth orbit made out of their used tanks, and ferry fuel loads up there for future missions. Would be exceedingly lucrative for contract work for NASA/others to do deep space work, or very heavy lifts to luna/mars. From there you can spin off lunar/mars bases, orbital factories, dramatically larger hab units, etc.

hm.. refueling in orbit sounds like a great idea.
and automate it with robots.

heck, launch components of the Ion drive ship into orbit and have robots put it together.

 

[SKORPI0]

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will jointly release the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a live broadcast on July 12 at 10:40 AM EDT.

Webb Space Telescope’s First Color Photos to be Unveiled on Live TV

Everyone will see the photos together, live on TV.

petapixel.com

 

[SKORPI0]

Webb’s Fine Guidance Sensor Provides a Preview – James Webb Space Telescope

blogs.nasa.gov

 

[Artorias]

The wait is almost over, hope the hype will be worth it. Starting at 10:30 a.m. EDT on NASA's live broadcast.

NASA shares list of cosmic targets for Webb telescope's first images

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), will soon reveal unprecedented and detailed views of the universe with the upcoming release of its first full-color images and spectroscopic data.

phys.org

 

[Muse]

On front page of today's NYTimes online (this link should work for 14 days):

Goose Bumps Build for the Webb’s First Snapshots of the Universe (Published 2022)

NASA picked five new images of scenes from around the universe that it hopes will knock the public’s socks off. Get ready for astronomical records to be broken.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Muse]

Will the live broadcast at 10:30AM EDT Tuesday be on network television? Will there be a "definitive" broadcast?

 

[JEDI]

On front page of today's NYTimes online (this link should work for 14 days):

Goose Bumps Build for the Webb’s First Snapshots of the Universe (Published 2022)

NASA picked five new images of scenes from around the universe that it hopes will knock the public’s socks off. Get ready for astronomical records to be broken.

www.nytimes.com

2 galaxies in the process of colliding.
Probably will take millions of years to see the aftermath.

Makes you think how insignificant our lives are in the short time we are on our planet

 

[Muse]

2 galaxies in the process of colliding.
Probably will take millions of years to see the aftermath.

Makes you think how insignificant our lives are in the short time we are on our planet

Well, it can help you get a much different perspective on things, I would have to say.

The shortest term thing they are focused on in today's presentation was ~1100 light years away. Dark Ages here then, I guess.

 

[K1052]

wow

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546621883814117376

 

[Amused]

The amount of gravitational lensing in the picture is nucking futs!

 

[Amused]

High res shot
Click the link
LINK

 

[Amused]

With the high res picture, it actually feels like you can zoom in and peer back into time before galaxies formed.

Seriously.

 

[Exterous]

wow

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546621883814117376

So much lens flare. Was the satellite sponsored by JJ Abrams?


Still very cool. The way the past couple of years have been going I was convinced this was going to be a complete flop. Some sort of devastating launch or deployment issues. I am glad I was wrong

 

[Red Squirrel]

Pretty incredible. The lensing effect is really interesting, is that caused by black holes? It's mind boggling to consider that each one of those is a galaxy and what kind of distances are involved.

That press conference was very bizarre though the way it ended.

 

[snoopy7548]

Kinda makes you think how insignificant we all are. Like, we're basically slime compared to the scientists and engineers that made the telescope.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not only making it but actually interpreting the data. We see this and go "wow pretty!" but scientists are probably actually making very in depth discoveries by just looking at it and putting it through different filters and other processing. Lots of big brain power at work for this entire project that's for sure!

 

[JEDI]

The amount of gravitational lensing in the picture is nucking futs!

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What is that big bright star in the middle of the pic?

/Obligatory- Artist rendering.. completely fake just like moon landings,
/Flat earthers unite!

 

[JEDI]

So much lens flare. Was the satellite sponsored by JJ Abrams?


Still very cool. The way the past couple of years have been going I was convinced this was going to be a complete flop. Some sort of devastating launch or deployment issues. I am glad I was wrong

Yeah.. thought it would be NASA's version of the f-35 joint strike fighter.

Glad I was wrong.
I guess Lockheed Martin wasn't involved?

 

[JEDI]

That press conference was very bizarre though the way it ended.

Esplain

 

[Muse]

Not only making it but actually interpreting the data. We see this and go "wow pretty!" but scientists are probably actually making very in depth discoveries by just looking at it and putting it through different filters and other processing. Lots of big brain power at work for this entire project that's for sure!

I'm hell of impressed that they got it out there, assembled and it's actually working just about as well as envisioned, designed, built, tested, etc. To me it's more impressive than the moon landings and Mars explorers.

 

[Artorias]

What's crazy is that image is only capturing the size of a grain of sand if held at arms length. There are 100's of billion galaxies in the universe, maybe even trillions.