The official James-Webb Space Telescope betting pool
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To the surprise of no one, the JWST is probably getting delayed again
I think xkcd charted the data better than I could have:
So far the points of data line up very nicely, so what do you think, 2026 sound about right? I'm going to be optimistic and put my bet on January 2024.
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@anonymous234 Still less time than Duke Nukem Forever.
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I have no idea about any of it, but the article mentions July 2021, and it falls just below the red line.
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@anonymous234 TIL about some random telescope.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The official James-Webb Space Telescope betting pool:
@anonymous234 TIL about some random telescope.
It’s about as random as the Hubble telescope.
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@Captain said in The official James-Webb Space Telescope betting pool:
Still less time than Duke Nukem Forever
Hmmm... in relative terms, yes.
Thing Started First release date Final release date Multiplier JWST 1996 2007 2026 (?) 2,7 Team Fortress 2 1998 2000 (?) 2007 4,5 Duke Nukem Forever 1996 1998 2011 7,5 Half-Life 2: Episode 3 2005 2007 
∞ That's not counting that the JWST is about 20x over-budget, which I'm sure beats everything else on the list.
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Bets are closed; it cannot be delayed any more.
Not the physical launch, anyway. Unless something tragic happens and they have to start again.
Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb
During Webb's launch, deployment and commissioning, 'WhereIsWebb' tracked Webb's 'flight' to L2 orbit, its state and progress during its deployment and commissioning process, and finally the release of its first images. This process is now complete. During this process, the page constantly updated...
And just to finish off with an xkcd:
Update: Santa has been destroyed by the range safety officer.
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@kazitor said in The official James-Webb Space Telescope betting pool:
Bets are closed; it cannot be delayed any more.
Not the physical launch, anyway. Unless something tragic happens and they have to start again.
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beginning a one-million-mile journey to see 13.5 billion years into the past
Or about half the time since it was first planned to be launched.
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@boomzilla couldn't not post this.
https://twitter.com/foone/status/1475371934275682306?s=21
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@boomzilla look how smeared out gravity makes the galaxies on her boobas look.
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Bob Eucker
Dolly Parton
Alan Alda
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@Gribnit hey, don't drag my girl Dolly into your shit.
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@topspin said in The official James-Webb Space Telescope betting pool:
@Gribnit hey, don't drag my girl Dolly into your shit.
If theory holds up, these should be amazingly high-resolution images.
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@Gribnit I was just thinking about Bob Eucker and the fantastic job he did in Major League 2.
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@boomzilla Just look at the spectra of those "galaxies"...
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The James Webb Telescope's hard drive can't store Warzone, but it will withstand the horrifying effects of cosmic radiation
68 gigabytes of radiation-hardened storage goodness.
Nothing all that surprising or new; posting mostly for this line:
My beefy desktop has almost as much RAM as the JWST has storage, but regularly crashes under the weight of Chrome.
Lift off! - James Webb Space Telescope
