successor to the Hubble Telescope is ready - the James Webb Space Telescope

[zMeul]

source: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/final-sunshield-layer-completed-for-nasa-s-james-webb-space-telescope

 

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The Webb telescope is the world’s next-generation space observatory and successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The most powerful space telescope ever built, the Webb telescope will observe distant objects in the universe, provide images of the first galaxies formed and see unexplored planets around distant stars. The Webb Telescope is a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.

 

hopefully, this time they done it right and won't discover the James Webb will need corrective lenses like Hubble did 

 

and don't worry, NASA will be using a Ariane 5 rocket to launch into space and not the disaster SpaceX program

 

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the Hubble Space Telescope (not the 1st space telescope) was launched in 1990 and it's used to observe space in near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra

 

the new James Webb Telescope is equipped with a 21 foot (~6.5m) gold-coated mirror array that can collect seven times more light than Hubble and scan the infrared spectrum to see through dust

it will be launched in late 2018 from French Guiana, northeast coast of South America

 

 

[VerticalDiscussions]

I love space technology so much. The exquisite and advanced composite materials, design of the aircraft, construction process and the stability and reliability of these floatcrafts is so freaking amazing and mindblowing. Then again, so is our universe ^^.

[Aytex]

Just now, VerticalDiscussions said:

I love space technology so much. The exquisite and advanced composite materials, design of the aircraft, construction process and the stability and reliability of these floatcrafts is so freaking amazing and mindblowing. Then again, so is our universe ^^.

too bad we're wasting our attention on wars and using that technology to kill each other.  

[Curufinwe_wins]

AWESOME NEWS!

 

The Hubble ultra deep field is imho the coolest image that has ever been captured. 

 

Can we get a 1% space/science budget?

 

 

[NumLock21]

I remember reading something about this a few years back. They were just talking about the sunshield, like how it can propell the satellte by solarwind. Neat!

 

[MrImnotMLG]

26 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

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Whenever I see an image like this, I wish we could see the edge of space but I know we may never be able to.

[Master Disaster]

7 minutes ago, MrImnotMLG said:

Whenever I see an image like this, I wish we could see the edge of space but I know we may never be able to.

That's assuming such a thing exists.

[TidaLWaveZ]

One step closer to being able to view the past live from the future.

[zMeul]

12 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

One step closer to being able to view the past live from the future.

you mean like who actually shot JFK? 

[TidaLWaveZ]

17 minutes ago, zMeul said:

you mean like who actually shot JFK? 

I wish.

 

I'm not too well versed on the theory but I think if the mirror is 1 light-year away we would theoretically be able to see two years into the past.  I guess if it were 26.5 light-years away and ultra accurate with an outstanding resolution we could theoretically see who killed JFK.

 

[Guest]

I literally changed my wallpaper to this just yesterday 

 

 

(SXSW 2013)

 

Now I'm starting to wonder if NASA is watching me with its satellites...or aliens 

In all honesty, I hope the launch pushes through smoothly given the cuts in NASA's budget 

[Rune]

I was quite sad when the visible spectrum was announced to be cut from jwst. Otherwise, quite exciting.

[noc]

Can't wait to see the first images released from this thing. 2018 launch though?

[spartaman64]

6 hours ago, MrImnotMLG said:

Whenever I see an image like this, I wish we could see the edge of space but I know we may never be able to.

we cant because we also look back in time 

[Miguel Batista]

6 hours ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

I wish.

 

I'm not too well versed on the theory but I think if the mirror is 1 light-year away we would theoretically be able to see two years into the past.  I guess if it were 26.5 light-years away and ultra accurate with an outstanding resolution we could theoretically see who killed JFK.

 

Its not how it works. If you placed a mirror one light year away, it would take one year to get there if it traveled at light speed so you would see at best what was going on when uou sent it there. Assuming that the light wouldn't degrade and you could see the details. Best way to look to the past is to look straight ahead.

[SteveGrabowski0]

On 11/8/2016 at 8:22 AM, Curufinwe_wins said:

AWESOME NEWS!

 

The Hubble ultra deep field is imho the coolest image that has ever been captured. 

 

Can we get a 1% space/science budget?

 

 

 

This is really cool since it can scan in the infrared spectrum, which will allow observations to be done through the dust clouds that block most of the spectrum, as IR radiation can penetrate them. These kind of dust clouds always shroud stars being formed. For instance, if you go out and look up at Orion check the middle star in his dagger (or dong). You can see it's really fuzzy and not a distinct point of light like the other stars in the constellation. In that fuzzy area it's thought stars are being born, and being able to look into this nebula to see them with the Webb Telescope will be amazing (you need a space telescope since most IR can't penetrate our atmosphere).

[bob345]

Disaster spacex program? uhh what?

[zMeul]

19 minutes ago, bob345 said:

Disaster spacex program? uhh what?

 

along with the rocket, a 195mil USD satellite also went up in flames

[bob345]

3 minutes ago, zMeul said:

Yeah, only one major failure on a hired mission. nasa on the other hand

[zMeul]

Just now, bob345 said:

Yeah, only one major failure on a hired mission. nasa on the other hand

care to tell me when was the last time NASA had a rocket blow up during fueling?

[bob345]

4 minutes ago, zMeul said:

care to tell me when was the last time NASA had a rocket blow up during fueling?

Off the top of my head 2014, nasa's orbital-atk mission blew up on the launch pad. main thing I'm trying to get at is that every space program will have major failures at some point or another. there is always a risk associated with it.

[Sakkura]

On 8/11/2016 at 3:13 PM, zMeul said:

and don't worry, NASA will be using a Ariane 5 rocket to launch into space and not the disaster SpaceX program

Out of the first 20 Ariane 5 launches, there were 4 mission failures, one of them caused by one of the most infamous software bugs in history.

 

Out of the first 20 Falcon 9 launches, there was 1 mission failure and 1 partial mission failure.

 

Fucking disastrous SpaceX Falcon 9 shit, amirite.

 

Edit: Misread the stats, Ariane 5 is worse than I thought.

[zMeul]

25 minutes ago, bob345 said:

Off the top of my head 2014, nasa's orbital-atk mission blew up on the launch pad. main thing I'm trying to get at is that every space program will have major failures at some point or another. there is always a risk associated with it.

no, my friend

last time a NASA rocket blew up during fueling was back in the 70s or 80s, don't recall exactly - 1960 from what I found

SpaceX is so fucking retarded they're trying to reinvent the rocket

Edited November 9, 2016 by zMeul

[Space Reptile]

On 8.11.2016 at 3:13 PM, zMeul said:

not the disaster SpaceX program

oh come one , it exploded ONCE  

[zMeul]

3 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

oh come one , it exploded ONCE  

well, it exploded one when the oxygen tank ruptured and an 2nd time when the kerosene tank ruptured 

actually that's incorrect since the initial explosion hapened in the 2nd stage of the rocket, then the 1st stage went off 

Edited November 9, 2016 by zMeul