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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Launch Postponed by disfadbish on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @10:42AM (#29650755)
The thing folding out on JWST is not a solar panel. It is a heat shield that keeps all the detection equipment cold and completely shadowed from sunlight.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Launch Postponed by ianai on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:06PM (#29656636)
Yes, I got the concept wrong on that one - my bad.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Launch Postponed by thereddaikon on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:43PM (#29717893)
No worries.
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