An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occurred

Re:An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occ... by jobigoud on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:16AM (#29319580)

> The lack of doubles in space shows how exiting the field is because I'd rather have novel prototypes than another hubble.

There are some doubles though. Voyager 1 & 2, Spirit and Opportunity…

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Re:An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occ... by boibombeiro on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @01:39PM (#29321451)

Were they made togheter?

I think the spy hubbles are better examples.

Can you imagine the added complexity for the Hubble design for it to work as space observatory or earth observatory.

I wonder if the he Hubble was myopic because of this.

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Re:An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occ... by jobigoud on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:07AM (#29328825)

Yes Spirit and Oppy were made together and it's the same rover design. Also relevant for this discussion due to circumstances one of them outlasted the other 8 years. Imagine if we only had sent Spirit.

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Re:An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occ... by helloworld653 on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @01:38PM (#29321432)

Didn't the CIA have a very similar telescope to Hubble that they donated?

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Re:An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occ... by bargle0 on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @03:33PM (#29323080)

It was the NRO in 2012. I don’t know if the CIA operates satellites itself.

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