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JWST - new telescope is now orbiting in the L2 point
Jan 24 2022 04:09PM more by InsearchofStarfish
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30days after launch...right on time

everything has gone off without a hitch...the live questions today of the JWST team were pretty awesome

projected to have a 5.5 - 10 year life...now looks like it could have over 20 years with all the fuel it saved getting to the L2 (L2 is short-hand for the second Lagrange Point)

if they overshot this gravitational orbit...they could not come back...the mirrors could not face the sun without being ruined...so they had to undershoot and inch their way there

these gravitational orbits were figured out in 1772...I couldn't do it today with the answers already in front of my face and modern tools to work with...maybe if it was porn/sex/money related, my personal energy would rise to the occasion




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InsearchofStarfish
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Jan 24 2022 04:15PM     link to this


After reaching deep space haven, Webb telescope begins 5 months of fine-tuning
Operators will focus mirror segments after parking the James Webb Space Telescope in L2 orbit


second link leads you to live updates..today was pretty cool

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGCndz0n0NHmLHfd64FRjIA
jackrabbit33
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Jan 24 2022 04:41PM     link to this

Awesome stuff.

Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Mathematician

Italian mathematician and astronomer who eventually naturalized to France.

The la grangian points are gravitational null points experienced by a small body in the presence of two large mass objects.

Amazing this guy figured out the 3D vector calculus for this stuff without computers or the ability to get empirical confirmation.
InsearchofStarfish
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Jan 24 2022 04:52PM     link to this

cutting the cord on my TV gets me into this kind of shit more

lots and lots of youtube
GoBallsDeep
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Jan 24 2022 10:43PM     link to this

Damn, should I sell my NOC or wait for earnings on Thursday?
They build a mean telescope.
For only $10 billion, we shoulda bought 2!

So, flat universe or curved, place your bets now.
What's the pool on how many exoplanets in the 100,000 monitored stars?
Who wants to bet that dark energy is derived from the quantum foam and somehow has mass?
Expansion ad infinitum or complete reversal?
Was the Big Bang really the last time I nutted?
Inquiring minds........
jackrabbit33
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Jan 25 2022 12:29PM     link to this

I think there are multiple universes, expansion reaches a peak and contraction of some of the original mass begins the cycle towards another localized big bang.

The system tends towards more universes which are smaller than the original. Overall the mass spreads apart so that entropy constantly increases.




But then again, I could be wrong
GoBallsDeep
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Jan 25 2022 04:00PM     link to this

By Allah, let's hope so ^
Latest physics is the universe is flat which means eternal expansion with entropy leading to dispersal of energy and death to all.
Let's hope that JW changes that outlook
Just waiting for zero point modules to be invented so we can power the dildos and keep the girls happy

Latest string theory leaves the possibility that our universe is a hologram of the real universe
Let's hope they don't turn out the lights when they leave the room
InsearchofStarfish
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Jan 25 2022 04:09PM     link to this

we'll all be gone by the time anything happens...so fuck it





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