What's the scariest thing about the James Webb Telescope?
It's not what it's going to see.
It's where it's going to be ..
A rocket will take the telescope into space on December 22, 2021, nearly 1 million miles from Earth.
That distance is four times that of the Moon.
It will be stationed too far from Earth for astronauts to reach, in contrast, astronauts frequently visited the Hubble Space Telescope to maintain it.
The James Webb Telescope will need to run perfect from the GetGo. The telescope will have a fuel supply that should keep it in a stable orbit for ten years.
Planning for this scope began over 20 years ago.
Let's hope for the best.
