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The James Webb
Space Telescope has successfully deployed and is now 700,000 miles into its
one-million mile destination: a gravity-neutral spot known as Lagrange Point – 2,
where it will begin to orbit around the sun.
The James
Webb is the most powerful telescope ever built and will be capable of looking out
to the very edge of the observable universe. Astrophysicist and other scientist
will be able to collect light from the first stars and galaxies that formed immediately
after the Big Bang, 13.5 billion years ago.
The quest
for knowledge is the one noble attribute of the human race. Unfortunately, ignorance in the name of
religions has always own the day and opposed any quest for enlightenment. (God
forbid Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge.)
What a duality
the human race is. There are complete
morons willing to riot as cult members of a con-man looking to maintain political
power; and on the opposite extreme there are scientist probing the very question
of existence.
the Ol’Buzzard
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Yeah, humans go from one extreme to the other, don't we?
ReplyDeleteI was so happy when the satellite launch went well, happier yet when all those panels and shields deployed. I hope once it's set-up and calibration is finished (expected to take a few months?) that it provides even more sciencey goodness and surprises than expected, as Hubble did and still does.
ReplyDeletewe have science and space and then the dickheads drinking their own urine.
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