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James Webb: A $10bn machine in search of the end of darkness

I’m nervous for the people that made the JWST. How they must be feeling I really can’t imagine. Some of them have spent most of their working life on it.
The technology in it is insane and delicate. Yet they have just loaded it onto the top of high explosives and will soon subject it to 7G.

Hope it goes well.
 
Ariane 5, flight VA256, now at the pad with JWST onboard.
Ariane 5/JWST (VA256) reaches pad ELA-3.
 
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Sunray said:
I’m nervous for the people that made the JWST. How they must be feeling I really can’t imagine. Some of them have spent most of their working life on it.
The technology in it is insane and delicate. Yet they have just loaded it onto the top of high explosives and will soon subject it to 7G.

Hope it goes well.
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I know what you mean. And the technology is complicated, there are loads of steps they have to go through to activate the telescope once it is in position. Just the sun shield and its deployment seems massively complex to me.
 

NASA Provides Update on Webb Telescope Launch – James Webb Space Telescope

blogs.nasa.gov blogs.nasa.gov

following a recent incident that occurred during Webb’s launch preparations.

The incident occurred during operations at the satellite preparation facility in Kourou, French Guiana, performed under Arianespace overall responsibility. Technicians were preparing to attach Webb to the launch vehicle adapter, which is used to integrate the observatory with the upper stage of the Ariane 5 rocket. A sudden, unplanned release of a clamp band – which secures Webb to the launch vehicle adapter – caused a vibration throughout the observatory.

A NASA-led anomaly review board was immediately convened to investigate and instituted additional testing to determine with certainty the incident did not damage any components. NASA and its mission partners will provide an update when the testing is completed at the end of this week.
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It seems the incident didn't damage anything.
 
Some rain at the pad but not a launch criteria violation. Currently no lightning activity in the region. High altitude winds are green.
 
Earth to space in half an hour. Just took me longer than that to drive to Budleigh Salterton ffs.
 
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