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If it makes you feel any better (probably not), the launch itself is like 1/10th of the situations where it can go wrong. This one's gonna be nerve-wracking until it's operational in (hopefully) 6 months or so.
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Anyone awake? I'm half asleep, but here we go.
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12-25-2021, 06:14 AM | #4759 |
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Man, you get spoiled by SpaceX broadcasts. Lost in the clouds after about 15 seconds, so animation it is.
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So far, so good. Back to sleep.
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Some pretty big critical steps have been completed with very good results. Very good sign. Starting to ease my worry just a little bit....
Second and Third Layers of Sunshield Fully Tightened The Webb team has completed tensioning for the first three layers of the observatory’s kite-shaped sunshield, 47 feet across and 70 feet long. The first layer – pulled fully taut into its final configuration – was completed mid-afternoon. The team began the second layer at 4:09 pm EST today, and the process took 74 minutes. The third layer began at 5:48 pm EST, and the process took 71 minutes. In all, the tensioning process from the first steps this morning until the third layer achieved tension took just over five and a half hours. These three layers are the ones closest to the Sun. Tensioning of the final two layers is planned for tomorrow.
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