I watched this one a couple of days ago. Frankly I was shocked at how proud all the interviewees were at the complexity of this 'scope. I mean, if all goes well then brag as much as you like, but talking about having 300+ single points of failure as if it's a good thing just made me shake my head. I really, really, really, really hope it all goes according to plan, but man I would hate to have to rely that much on luck for everything I do.
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Don’t know if much can be done about the complexity problem. They are pushing the limits of engineering with instruments like this. And it isn’t as if they’ll be building more than one, so hard to iterate.
A delay is coming...
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An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occurred
NASA is leading an anomaly review board to investigate and conduct additional testing.
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A delay is coming...
An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occurred
NASA is leading an anomaly review board to investigate and conduct additional testing.
Nasa delays James Webb space telescope launch after ‘sudden’ incident
Technicians were preparing to attach spacecraft to launch vehicle when unplanned event took place
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Technicians were preparing to attach spacecraft to launch vehicle when unplanned event took place
Nasa delays James Webb space telescope launch after ‘sudden’ incident | James Webb space telescope | The Guardian
Technicians were preparing to attach spacecraft to launch vehicle when unplanned event took place
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An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occurred
NASA is leading an anomaly review board to investigate and conduct additional testing.
Bummer for the Ruag team doing the clamp band fit-check, but the good news is that--at the risk of stating the obvious--the satellite is designed to withstand the shock of the clamp band releasing. So unless there was some physical damage, which I assume would have been noted in the release, this is likely just a bureaucratic exercise to calm nerves.
Good news. It's back on track.
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JWST undamaged from payload processing incident
Launch preparations for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will resume after testing found no damage to the spacecraft from a payload processing incident.
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The transporter (CCU3 = Contenuer Charge Utile) is a trip. Its kinda like a highbay you can tow down the street. The thing drives up next to a set of external airlock doors at a processing facility, inflates some bladders to make a seal between the transporter and the building, and then they open the airlock and transporter doors to air-bearing the pallet in/out.
All in the name of "don't go horizontal"....
All in the name of "don't go horizontal"....
Weather bumps JWST launch to Christmas Day
A $10 billion space telescope delayed for years by technical problems will have to remain on Earth at least one more day, this time because of poor weather.
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Will they need a red beacon on the nosecone?Weather bumps JWST launch to Christmas Day
A $10 billion space telescope delayed for years by technical problems will have to remain on Earth at least one more day, this time because of poor weather.
SpaceX has spoiled us with the number of live cameras onboard the rocket.
Did you know that Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant cost is near same $8+- Billion as JWST, but price for TVO (owner of the plant) is only € 5.5 Billion. Both should be in service next summer.
Did you know that Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant cost is near same $8+- Billion as JWST, but price for TVO (owner of the plant) is only € 5.5 Billion. Both should be in service next summer.
3 of 5 sunshield layers successfully deployed:
James Webb Space Telescope
This may be the trickiest part of the whole operation...
James Webb Space Telescope
This may be the trickiest part of the whole operation...
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