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Nehkara · 08-15-2013, 08:56 PM

I really hope that the James Webb never encounters a problem like this.

Kepler is one thing, it is $550 million spacecraft and has had enough time to make an immense number of discoveries.

The James Webb Space Telescope will be ~$10 billion. It will be placed at the L2 Lagrange point which is 1.5 million km from Earth and not a good place to have to go to fix something.

08-15-2013, 08:56 PM	#1869
Nehkara Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Exp:	I really hope that the James Webb never encounters a problem like this. Kepler is one thing, it is $550 million spacecraft and has had enough time to make an immense number of discoveries. The James Webb Space Telescope will be ~$10 billion. It will be placed at the L2 Lagrange point which is 1.5 million km from Earth and not a good place to have to go to fix something. __________________ Huge thanks to Dion for the signature!