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JWST launch slips to early 2019
« on: October 05, 2017, 11:50:18 pm »
Extra testing of the James Webb Space Telescope and delays in assembling the powerful observatory will push back the $10 billion mission’s launch by at least six months to early 2019, officials announced last week as the telescope successfully completed an extensive performance test inside a cryogenic vacuum chamber in Houston.


NASA ordered the launch delay to keep ground teams from rushing to ready JWST for its previous launch date in October 2018. Assembly of the spacecraft at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Redondo Beach, California, ran behind schedule the last few months, consuming most of the remaining slack in the schedule leading up to the launch opportunity next October.

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Re: JWST launch slips to early 2019
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Re: JWST launch slips to early 2019
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2017, 11:56:10 pm »
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Re: JWST launch slips to early 2019
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2017, 12:00:49 am »
Quote from: Suppressed on October 05, 2017, 11:56:10 pm
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I know it sucks, but I have a mindset of taking their time and be over cautious.
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Re: JWST launch slips to early 2019
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2017, 12:14:19 am »
Quote from: Suppressed on October 05, 2017, 11:56:10 pm
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Yeah,I understand,but wouldn't you be happier if they waited if it improves the chances of it working trouble-free for decades?
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Re: JWST launch slips to early 2019
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2017, 12:26:11 am »
Quote from: sneakypete on October 06, 2017, 12:14:19 am
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Yeah,I understand,but wouldn't you be happier if they waited if it improves the chances of it working trouble-free for decades?


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I'm fine with it. I prefer to that they take time and find the problem now before it is launched. 
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