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		dzhiurgis 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starcloud James Webb is a trainwreck. It took 20 years of delays to launch it.

gammarator 8 months ago | [–]

It _was_ a trainwreck. Now it’s in space making great discoveries.

ceejayoz 8 months ago | [–]

Wait until you hear how long this project winds up taking.

Webb took a long time because this stuff is very, very challenging. One of its primary engineering challenges was… cooling!

boutell 8 months ago | [–]

To be fair, they wanted it very cold indeed

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