Comments on: Hubble’s Successor: The James Webb Space Telescope http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: HaleyMary http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-711 HaleyMary Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:22 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-711 <b>following the red ...</b> <br> following the red shift back to the earlier stars and galaxies. Sounds exciting! :) following the red …
following the red shift back to the earlier stars and galaxies. Sounds exciting! :)

]]> By: blurglide http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-712 blurglide Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:22 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-712 <b>Punchexx: if it was ...</b> <br> Punchexx: if it was further out than Earth and in a planetary orbit, it would take longer than one year to orbit the sun and would drift backwards relative to us. The special thing about the L2 point is that while it is MOSTLY orbiting the sun, it is also just barely orbiting the Earth...just enough to speed it up to make it take one year to travel around the sun despite the greater distance. Also: We could've replaced Hubble many times over for the cost of the servicing missions. Punchexx: if it was …
Punchexx: if it was further out than Earth and in a planetary orbit, it would take longer than one year to orbit the sun and would drift backwards relative to us. The special thing about the L2 point is that while it is MOSTLY orbiting the sun, it is also just barely orbiting the Earth…just enough to speed it up to make it take one year to travel around the sun despite the greater distance.

Also: We could’ve replaced Hubble many times over for the cost of the servicing missions.

]]> By: blurglide http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-713 blurglide Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:22 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-713 <b>Why does it have ...</b> <br> Why does it have severely warped and wavey mirrors in the renderings? I can get smoother mirrors at the home improvement store. Those things will be polished smooth to the sub-micron level. Why does it have …
Why does it have severely warped and wavey mirrors in the renderings? I can get smoother mirrors at the home improvement store. Those things will be polished smooth to the sub-micron level.

]]> By: purplefuzzythings http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-703 purplefuzzythings Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:21 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-703 <b>I don't get ...</b> <br> I don't get libertarianism - could you message me saying why you think it would work? You just don't seem like a lot of the dumbasses I come across. I don’t get …
I don’t get libertarianism – could you message me saying why you think it would work?
You just don’t seem like a lot of the dumbasses I come across.

]]> By: neonsilkworm http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-704 neonsilkworm Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:21 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-704 <b>It's tough being a ...</b> <br> It's tough being a libertarian and a science enthusiast. Can't support stealing money from everyone to subsidize these programs, yet when I see them come together, it's very exciting. I'll bet a free market could do even better :) It’s tough being a …
It’s tough being a libertarian and a science enthusiast.

Can’t support stealing money from everyone to subsidize these programs, yet when I see them come together, it’s very exciting.

I’ll bet a free market could do even better :)

]]> By: neonsilkworm http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-705 neonsilkworm Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:21 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-705 <b>Even better, ...</b> <br> Even better, imagine if we KEPT the money stolen from us to pay for war and like this. I'd start my own science foundation! Even better, …
Even better, imagine if we KEPT the money stolen from us to pay for war and like this. I’d start my own science foundation!

]]> By: Zentz29 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-706 Zentz29 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:21 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-706 <b>it looks kind of ...</b> <br> it looks kind of like a star destroyer. it looks kind of …
it looks kind of like a star destroyer.

]]> By: TheSupercool19 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-707 TheSupercool19 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:21 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-707 <b>she has a cool voice</b> <br> she has a cool voice she has a cool voice
she has a cool voice

]]> By: Films4You http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-708 Films4You Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:21 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-708 <b>I think this ...</b> <br> I think this folding mirror could reduce costs for earth bound telescopes by mass production of smaller mirrors being fitted together to make a larger mirror. I think this …
I think this folding mirror could reduce costs for earth bound telescopes by mass production of smaller mirrors being fitted together to make a larger mirror.

]]> By: blurglide http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope/comment-page-1#comment-709 blurglide Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:12:21 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/hubbles-successor-the-james-webb-space-telescope#comment-709 <b>I agree the launch ...</b> <br> I agree the launch costs would be the same...ASSUMING we used the shuttle. However, on an expendable, you don't have to take 7 people and a 120,000 pound reusable cargo shroud (with built-in ariplane) with you. Also consider the economies of scale and technology improvements from launching a Hubble class mission every 5 years or so, not to mention any residual value left from the previous telescope. I agree the launch …
I agree the launch costs would be the same…ASSUMING we used the shuttle. However, on an expendable, you don’t have to take 7 people and a 120,000 pound reusable cargo shroud (with built-in ariplane) with you. Also consider the economies of scale and technology improvements from launching a Hubble class mission every 5 years or so, not to mention any residual value left from the previous telescope.

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