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Re:James Webb is fully deployed by lazide on Saturday January 08, 2022 @03:34PM (#29855899)
When it takes so long to build, it’s already obsolete by the time it gets launched.

If you made a new one every year, it wouldn’t be so bad of course, but a decade+? Oof.

It was so bad they kept redesigning it mid way through to upgrade things as new discoveries were made, which caused even more delays.

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Re:James Webb is fully deployed by WalterBright on Saturday January 08, 2022 @04:22PM (#29856427)
> redesigning it mid way through

And that doesn't have to be redone when making a copy.

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Re:James Webb is fully deployed by lazide on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:46PM (#29857332)
Except it will because no one wants an exact copy, because if you do it at the same time that’s twice the rework, and if you do it later, you’re building something you know is obsolete. No one can resist throwing in some upgrades.
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