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I can't even follow the news because I know how disappointed I'll be if the launch crashes. Wake me up when it's over.

Couldn’t agree more. I’m a huge space nerd and this is the LEAST I’ve followed a project because I’m so worried it’ll fail. I keep up with the headlines but I’ve found it very difficult to get excited over it as I’m pretty much expecting the worst and anything more than that will be a bonus to enjoy later.

Ditto! As we approach the launch date, the feeling in my stomach when I read about Webb is getting worse.

JWST is going to revolutionize our understanding of cosmos, but only because it's target spectrum, which requires operating temperatures around 45K(-228°C!), to completely eliminate blackbody radiation. Which means that tender layers of sunshield must... OHMY panic attack ...

I’m less nervous about a launch crash than about the hundreds of moving parts that have to perfectly unfurl the thing between the launch and L2

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