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Posted by on January 24, 2022 in From the editors
New human eyes are about to open on the universe for us. Imagine our ancient intellectual scientific minds, like Aristotle, Galileo, Da Vinci, and others, that risked religious and political backlash for their inquisitive daring, were they to see what we see, and will see, in our lifetimes.
Earth Sky: Webb set to arrive at its final destination, L2
A body’s distance from the sun, and the speed it maintains to keep that distance, are correlated. There are 5 points in the Earth-sun system where a spacecraft can move at such a speed that the craft stays put relative to the Earth and sun. These are the 5 Lagrange points, shown here. Webb is headed to L2. Image via NASA.
The James Webb Space Telescope’s dramatic unfolding is now complete. On Wednesday (January 19, 2022), engineers finished deploying the individual mirror segments. On Monday, ground teams plan to fire Webb’s thrusters, placing the telescope at its final destination, Lagrange point 2, or L2, some million miles (1.5 million km) away from Earth. NASA TV is scheduled to begin its coverage at mission control at 19 UTC (2 p.m. Eastern) on Monday. There’s also going to be a live event, where experts will be answering questions. That’ll begin at 20 UTC (3 p.m. Eastern) Monday.
The 2 p.m. Eastern broadcast will air live on NASA TV…
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Paul Brinkmann: First lunar rovers in decades may explore the moon in 2022 … Um-hmm, CCP China already has atleast one rolling up there, boys and girls.
Alex Ritman: Film Studio to Be Launched in Space in 2024: The SEE-1 studio module, to be attached to a new commercial space station, comes from the company co-producing Tom Cruise’s upcoming space movie. … Yeah, cool, but, exactly what sort of space training will all cast and crew have to undergo in order to be space-ready for months while filming? Not to mention even more space junk and traffic out there that will have to be monitored and controlled from the ground.
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~~Many thanks to Maggie and The Universal Spectator for reprint permission.
Posted by Maggie on January 24, 2022 in From the editors New human eyes are about to open on the universe for us. Imagine our ancient intellectual scientific minds, like Aristotle, Galileo, Da Vinci, and others, that risked religious and political backlash for their inquisitive daring, were they to see what we see, and will see, in our lifetimes. Earth Sky: Webb set to…
Posted by Maggie on January 24, 2022 in From the editors New human eyes are about to open on the universe for us. Imagine our ancient intellectual scientific minds, like Aristotle, Galileo, Da Vinci, and others, that risked religious and political backlash for their inquisitive daring, were they to see what we see, and will see, in our lifetimes. Earth Sky: Webb set to…