We're still awaiting the calibration and first light, but everything seems to be working so far. This project is a triumph of collective action, motivated by the search for knowledge and unrestrained by the profit motive.
Meanwhile :melon-musk: is like: What if we put ads on the Moon?
I can't wait for them to point this at potentially habitable exoplanets to determine the contents of their atmospheres. IMO its the coolest part of Webb's capabilities and it would be super dope to find biosignatures on some planets.
Unironically, the JWST is probably the best (and one of the few good) thing the US has done in the last 25 years.
It's almost as if humanity's major achievements are the result of international efforts :soviet-hmm:
Probably the last good thing that the USA will ever do
Quite a few months still. There's still a lot of stuff for the team and the telescope to do before it starts looking around. The public will probably get pictures in late Spring or early Summer, I think.
Wow that weird military guy who ran for president in 2016 built a telescope?
