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I've been following this for a few years now and I get clenched buttocks thinking about something going wrong. There won't be any second chances like with Hubble, as it will be a million miles from earth so we can't do service missions. But the scientific payoff promises to be huge so fingers crossed.
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I've not had my ear to the ground regarding space telescopes lately on 15:10 - Oct 14 with 573 views
Really hope this works and the cannot wait for the first images.
One thing i've been wondering though, is, as it has to constantly point the shield towards the sun. Surely this limits is %of sky that it can look at. OK, it can rotate 360% and will orbit the sun, but will there still be sections it cant look at? Maybe it can tilt a few degrees, that with the 360% rotation and orbit might get it 100%...
I've not had my ear to the ground regarding space telescopes lately on 15:07 - Oct 14 by Mr_J
I've been following this for a few years now and I get clenched buttocks thinking about something going wrong. There won't be any second chances like with Hubble, as it will be a million miles from earth so we can't do service missions. But the scientific payoff promises to be huge so fingers crossed.
its the ride to space that will be the worst bit, once its up there it should be ok, and we might be able to do service missions in the future, though its not designed like Hubble was to make that so easy to replace things.
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I've not had my ear to the ground regarding space telescopes lately on 21:16 - Oct 14 with 413 views
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