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Re:Decoding James Webb Space Telescope by colechristensen on Monday December 27, 2021 @10:46PM (#29710117)
> It's unclear what else you'd actually want, unless you want to build a clone of the actual satellite (it wouldn't surprise me that a majority of the software for the satellite is open source, just not put together somewhere publicly for people to download).

Much satellite technology is classified or at least export controlled (ITAR). The major difference between a space telescope and a spy satellite is which direction you point.

Re:Decoding James Webb Space Telescope by MAGZine on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @12:54AM (#29710916)
A funny quip but the main imaging cameras on the jwst would be useless pointed at earth.