Subj : The James Webb Space Telescope
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Dec 26 2021 09:48 am

Hello Wilfred van Velzen!

** On Sunday 26.12.21 - 13:35, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to All:

 WvV> * Originally in CHAT
 WvV> * Crossposted in ASTRONOMY
 WvV> * Crossposted in ASTRONET

FYI, it hasn't made it to ASTRONOMY on 396/45 yet.

 WvV> It's now, a day after launch, almost 240 km from earth.
 WvV> That's not even half way the distance to the moon. And
 WvV> about 16,5% of the distance to it's destination point in
 WvV> space. It will take about 29 days [..]

The physics/math/mechanics to make all the happen seems  
astonishing.


 WvV> If you're interested you can follow it's journey..

 WvV> https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

That's a nice page. It kinda reminds me of the days watching  
modem uploads/downloads.  :/

But what do the gaps between day 2-3, 9-10, 11-12, 14-15, 26-29  
represent?

At about 1.5-2mi/sec hope there isn't any teeny tiny debri that  
can render it useless.
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  ../|ug

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