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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by jeffnappi on Monday July 25, 2022 @12:27PM (#32226701)
For example check out this video from Smarter Every Day[1]

Measuring the sun shield alone was a 5+ year long project.

[1] https://youtu.be/Pu97IiO_yDI

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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by grogenaut on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:36PM (#32233968)
My understanding from that was they were measuring it to make and test a computer model to simulate the shield in 0 g, not to get exact measurements to "it to the right size". Now its in space, they know how it performs and how accurate the model is. I definitely could be wrong.
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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by samstave on Thursday July 28, 2022 @01:57AM (#32260904)
yes that was the point. now we have that datum to extrapolate for future
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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by samstave on Thursday July 28, 2022 @01:55AM (#32260895)
that vid needs its own post
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