In between filling up on Chocolate Chip Cookies and Cocoa (or Coffee) later this morning while everyone tears into their Christmas Goodies... keep an ear out for the launch of the Most Expensive Piece of Space Gear EVER to leave the Earth with a $10,000,000,000.00 Price Tag on its Fenders... It is The James Webb Infra-Red Space Telescope. If it successfully launches under the control of the French from the ESA... French Guyana will NEVER be the same.
The Canadian Space Agency Folks and NASA people are hoping for Good Weather and Launch Conditions as the Arianne 5 Rocket is to power this object out to around One Million Miles away... right behind the shadow between the Earth and the Sun...and park at what is called a "The L2 La Grange Point". Once there, it will essentially do Station Keeping action while peering back in time; almost to the period of the Big Bang itself. Here's Hoping that all 300 "Origami" like Unfolding Steps come off without a Hitch!:
THIS is an Excellent Video on the JWST:
...and ... Thank You, Canada!!!
The Canadian Space Agency Folks and NASA people are hoping for Good Weather and Launch Conditions as the Arianne 5 Rocket is to power this object out to around One Million Miles away... right behind the shadow between the Earth and the Sun...and park at what is called a "The L2 La Grange Point". Once there, it will essentially do Station Keeping action while peering back in time; almost to the period of the Big Bang itself. Here's Hoping that all 300 "Origami" like Unfolding Steps come off without a Hitch!:
THIS is an Excellent Video on the JWST:
...and ... Thank You, Canada!!!