Saturday, October 3, 2009

James Webb Space Telescope

Alright, so the H-Scope is the size of a Bus and it takes the most amazing photos of the Universe. No argument there. But over the next few years Hubble's going to reach it's peak of capability and come 2014 she's being replaced. The James Webb Space Telescope is sitting in pieces at the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt Merryland and their just waiting to be assembled! The capabilities of the new telescope are unreal! We're going to be able to see details of our solar system and galaxy beyond anything we've ever seen. This thing is going to take pictures of galaxies that exist beyond the Ultra Deep Field. Beyond the Deep Field!! We have no way of understanding how far away that is, but the more I learn about all this stuff the more unbelievable it all becomes. One cool fact is the size of the new scope! The Hub is the size of a bus, she's a huge beast. James is the size of a jetliner. AJet-Liner. JETLINER! So yeah, read about engineers starting the assembly and I had to express my excitement to this, the most popular destination for those interested in... I don't even know how you'd classify this blogs topic. Oh well, Be excited people!! Be excited! if nothing else I'll never run out of pretty pictures for you to peruse. Look here's one below...

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