Hubble's Replacement Is Back On Track

[DragaoDHJ]

The James Webb Space Telescope or SWST

"LONG BEACH, Calif. — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope — the notoriously over-budget new space observatory slated to launch in 2018 — is on time and still within its new budget, the project's chief said Wednesday (Jan. 9)."

For complete, see article at Live Science link: JWST About Ready

Size comparison of the Hubble ST and Webb ST primary mirrors.

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I have been waiting on this project. It was originally scheduled for launch in 2015 or 2016. I just hope NASA has its new deep space craft ready before its launch, because the James Webb ST will not be in Earth orbit. There will be no easy way to repair it if necessary, with out the new manned space craft.

[Dennis Barsten]

A Bee hive of mirrors, now their really going to see far out...LOL