• CptEnder@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Yeah the JWST will go down as one of the most important pieces of scientific hardware ever created. She and all the NASA/ESA/CSA scientists who created it deserve all the medals. IIRC it was ESA’s most viewed launch to date, I sure remember stressing tf out haha.

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      6 months ago

      Given that they had a test failure that would have led to mission failure like 2 weeks before launch and said “yeah we figured it out, we’re good” and launched the fucker, a little nail biting was justified.

      They nailed it though.

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        6 months ago

        Oh god yeah I remember. Legit $10Bn “we only got one of these” moment. They made the right call using the most reliable rocket and an equatorial launch too.