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    Moonwatcher replied to the thread New NASA space telescope SPHEREx to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't.

    In all the articles about SPHEREx and PUNCH, none of them mention what orbit they will be launching into. Seems strange to launch such...

    Feb 26, 2025
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    Moonwatcher reacted to Admin's post in the thread New NASA space telescope SPHEREx to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't with Like.

    SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST...

    Feb 26, 2025
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    Moonwatcher replied to the thread It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch.

    SLS was never about getting back to the moon. It was just a jobs program to keep people in jobs in powerful Senators' and Congressmen's...

    Feb 21, 2025
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    Moonwatcher replied to the thread It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch.

    Considering that the JWST was 10X overbudget and likely should have been cancelled, astronomers should be looking at the glass as being...

    Feb 21, 2025
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    Moonwatcher replied to the thread Trump wants the US to land astronauts on Mars soon. Could it happen by 2029?.

    Indeed, at the rate of current progress, we will be lucky to back on the moon by 2030. Mars is a great aspirational goal, but there is...

    Feb 3, 2025

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