Asa's computer is having a stroke.
Asa's computer is having a stroke.
Not just me, Pete's having issues as well
Looks like a desperate cry for help.
Anyways, here's what I was trying to post, but with the twitter link embedded. Twitter breaks the forum right now apparently
I am so dadgum ready for this to happen. So many delays. So many setbacks. Hell, I'm not even going to believe that this thing will launch on that date until I see it rocketing up (and even then I'm gonna hold my breath till it reaches orbit.)
But still, I am excited.
So, this has nothing to do with launching kids? Disappointed.
Hmmm, that's not what's supposed to happen.... We'll get the developers on it.
It's not just the launch, though. It's going to take a long time before it gets to the correct orbit and then starts the origami. It's going to be a tense wait.
When the JWST was started, the rocket it was launching on was new. A quarter century later, it's almost ready to be retired. Not one of the faster projects :)
I'm pretty excited about Inspiration4, too - that's the true dawn of tourist spaceflight.
Fingers crossed it goes smoothly. A Spitfire club friend is one of the engineering project directors. Luckily, he's already bald or he would have pulled the rest of his hair out. After it goes into orbit, I think he said there will be about a year of commissioning before it's fully operational.
It's not actually going into orbit (not the Earth at least). It will be positioned at L2, a naturally stable point a good ways out in space. Lots of Delta V will be required! It will orbit the sun though. One of the obvious advantages of this is the Earth acts as a sun shade!
More info: https://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/webb-l2.html
I apologize, I was being lazy with my terminology. Although it's orbiting SOMETHING if you zoom out far enough :)
In reply to aircooled :
I think I understood it at one point, but I've lost understanding again of how, exactly, L4 and L5 work.
(Sorry. A-how-how-how they work)
Pete. (l33t FS) said:In reply to aircooled :
I think I understood it at one point, but I've lost understanding again of how, exactly, L4 and L5 work.
(Sorry. A-how-how-how they work)
From what I remember its kind of the balance point between the mass of the sun and mass of the earth, and where objects tend to congregate in Earth's orbital path. They are one of the naturally occurring stable orbits, stuff falls out of L1-L3 and usually ends up orbiting around the L4 or L5 point
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