- Ω - Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Quite the ambitious project for "only" 10 billion bucks. Hope it doesn't blow up on the pad, and I hope all those things that must work, actually work when it gets on station. We only have three more days to find out! Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted December 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 Current Status of James Webb Telescope platform (live stream) Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 - Ω -, Sabertooth and DegasElite 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 I hadn't really been following this until recently as I honestly was in the camp that it would never actually happen. I'm glad to see it launched without issue. But why wait so long for all the other parts to deploy?! Streatching it out over days and in fact nearly a month out. It would pretty much suck if there is a problem with those final deployments and the thing is already past Luna! Wouldn't exactly be easy or cheapish to send up a crew for repairs at that point. So why not deploy all the bits now to make sure when it is still more reachable closer to Earth? Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted December 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 2 hours ago, CrossBow said: It would pretty much suck if there is a problem with those final deployments and the thing is already past Luna! Wouldn't exactly be easy or cheapish to send up a crew for repairs at that point. So why not deploy all the bits now to make sure when it is still more reachable closer to Earth? I don't think that thing was ever expected to be worked on like the hubble. Not only is it too far away, it's fragile as all get out. It's my hope that things works out, but there are quite literally over a hundred things that have go perfectly in order as it's deployed. 🤞 Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 Here is something else I've always wondered... micro meteorite impacts? I mean it looks super fragile as you said and we know how often the ISS has been hit with a few things here and there. I'm surprised Hubble hasn't sustained more damage over its long lifespan than it has! But I just picture that entire sun shield umbrella looking like swiss cheese in just a few years time to say nothing of the exposed mirrors. - Ω - 1 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 Why do we distrust the experts? https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/how-hardy-is-webb-a-qa-about-the-toughness-of-nasa-s-webb-telescope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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- Ω - Posted December 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 8 hours ago, RickR said: Why do we distrust the experts? https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/how-hardy-is-webb-a-qa-about-the-toughness-of-nasa-s-webb-telescope Sure it can take the shake, rattle and roll of launch (when it's all closed up), it's designed to withstand radiation and micro-meteorite (grain of sand sized) strikes and theoretically could be refueled. BUT, working on that thing would be next to impossible. What are you going to hold on to? Leverage is important when working in a zero gravity type environment, the amount of force it takes to loosen something is directly applied to whatever you are holding on to otherwise the Astronaut will be the one spinning. I hope they are correct about the rarity of larger objects, because one fist sized rock travelling at a decent speed would easily rip through all those thin thermal layers and effectively blind the telescope. Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 12 hours ago, - Ω - said: Sure it can take the shake, rattle and roll of launch (when it's all closed up), it's designed to withstand radiation and micro-meteorite (grain of sand sized) strikes and theoretically could be refueled. BUT, working on that thing would be next to impossible. What are you going to hold on to? Leverage is important when working in a zero gravity type environment, the amount of force it takes to loosen something is directly applied to whatever you are holding on to otherwise the Astronaut will be the one spinning. I hope they are correct about the rarity of larger objects, because one fist sized rock travelling at a decent speed would easily rip through all those thin thermal layers and effectively blind the telescope. Or hit it with enough force to take it out of its L2 orbit and end up crashing into the moon or going out further into space. If lucky, it would only knock it sideways a bit that they could get it back into orbital alignment, but it doesn't have a ton of fuel on board either as we discussed. Interesting it is designed to take some hits and good forward thinking. Time will tell... Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 News alert: We don't have space shuttles anymore. There is no option to repair anything in orbit other than the space station. What exactly would you ask the design engineers to design for as far as repair missions? Add a dock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted December 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, RickR said: News alert: We don't have space shuttles anymore. There is no option to repair anything in orbit other than the space station. What exactly would you ask the design engineers to design for as far as repair missions? Add a dock? If you paid Elon Musk and SpaceX enough I bet he could come up with something. 😉 RickR 1 Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 << HERE >> is a real cool website with status, location and updates for Webb. Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Hey! Wanna build a model of the James Webb Space Telescope for FREE? If so, click on this << PDF LINK >>! Print it up, cut it out and assemble it! RickR 1 Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Great news https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/remarkably-nasa-has-completed-deployment-of-the-webb-space-telescope/ - Ω - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 No science... but the mirrors are aligned! RickR 1 Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted June 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. This are looking pretty sharp... Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 You didn't mention that one of the mirrors was already hit with a micro meteorite and they have to adjust to compensate for that now too. Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Holy crap. It's just testing the lock algorithm now and producing images like this. Everything without the six-pointed diffraction is a galaxy. https://www.physics-astronomy.com/2022/07/nasa-just-released-unexpected-deepest.html MaximumRD, - Ω - and Sabertooth 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted July 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 4 hours ago, RickR said: Holy crap. It's just testing the lock algorithm now and producing images like this. Everything without the six-pointed diffraction is a galaxy. Yeah, kinda makes a guy feel real small... Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted July 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 I decided to process the image a little, to compensate for the either red shift and background overcompensation. RickR 1 Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted July 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 Honestly I cannot wait until the 12th. I'm really, really, really, looking forward to seeing what NASA unveils as their "BLOCKBUSTER IMAGE". Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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- Ω - Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Pretty! Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Here's a larger version... RickR 1 Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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