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    1 year ago

    Why did we talk so much about James Webb

    At least on /r/europe on Reddit, I think because it was being launched by a European rocket from a European spaceport, so there was a lot of discussion about Arianne. The scope was extremely expensive, so rebuilding it probably wouldn’t be an option, and Arianne 5 was a particularly reliable launch platform.

    Amusingly, this new Euclid scope is the mirror opposite of JWST: a principally-European scope launched by an American rocket from an American spaceport.