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origini • yesterday at 9:57 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

You know what was huge? James Webb telescope.

Look its cool to see a catch like this, it doesn't necessarly feels that difficult tbh?

And I just don't get it? Is it cool to watch? yes, but whats the endgoal besides reducing costs for starlink and military stuff?


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motionlessveloc • yesterday at 10:03 PM

Do you want more cool stuff like James Webb in orbit? Fully reusable huge rockets like Starship is how you get them there.

Also, remember how JWST had to do that incredibly complex and fiddly in-orbit expansion and alignment to fit together the mirror after launch? If Starship had been available at the time, this would have been far easier, since Starship has twice the diameter (four times the area) of the Ariane rocket they used to launch it.

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redox99 • yesterday at 9:59 PM

> it doesn't necessarly feels that difficult tbh?

Are you for real?

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