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Re:James Webb Space Telescope by rootbear on Friday January 23, 2015 @10:52AM (#8935418)
My group at Goddard has done work on the JWST detectors. JWST is a big deal here. It also scares the crap out of me, due to the gymnastics that are needed to get it unfolded properly, in a location where repair is impossible. A lot of people will be very, very happy when this thing is in orbit and working.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope by toufka on Friday January 23, 2015 @02:08PM (#8936603)
What kind of detectors are you working with? Are they of a different kind or just more powerful than what's already up there?
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope by rootbear on Friday January 23, 2015 @03:10PM (#8936959)
Sorry, I'm just the sysadmin here. A lot of the JWST work was done before I got here, but we still help support them. I'm sure there is detailed information on the web about the detectors in use on JWST.
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