Her berkawit says, there is an early controversy about whether the web telescope's name should be changed because of allegations relating to alleged behavior of james webb. Viz v members of the gay community nassa decided to leave the name of the telescope unchanged but now the controversy seems to be flaring up again. The bigger picture question: What do we do when we realize the people we are honoring by naming things after them are less good people than we thought so about James webb?
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