The James Webb Space Telescope is not looking very close to the Big Bang. Exoplanets are a very, very high priority target for modern astronomy. And by building better telescopes, we can make huge progress on understanding exoplanets,. So I think it's a pretty natural choice for a big next space telescope.
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