Science: NASA is risking its most dangerous mission: the James Webb Telescope

after Apollo mission, This man jumped to the moon in 1969, he The most ambitious and expensive NAS missionA: It could become the biggest failure of the US space agency. In this video, we explain the task James Webb Space Telescope. Its “eye” – a gold and beryllium mirror more than 20 feet high – promises to revolutionize our view of the universe through stunning images, just as it did. Hubble telescope in 1993. Webb’s mission is to understand formation of galaxies It will be allowed to detect New planetary systems. Dale James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

This launch is, at the same time, a huge challenge and Big risk. Project cost more than 10,000,000,000 dollars It is the largest investment for NASA after the trip to the moon. The construction of the probe was a big problem and its launch was Over 14 years late Regarding the original date, expected in 2007. But the weak point of JWST is its orbit. For best results, it will be sent 1,500,000 km from Earth (The moon is less than 400 km away.) This means that in the event of a malfunction it will be impossible to repair because no manned spacecraft is able to reach this distance.

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