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The Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
The launch of the James Webb space telescope is now scheduled for december eighteenth. It's going to be a nail biter over christmas and new year's this year to make sure everything's working right. But it's kind of amazing to say, as we're recording this, there is an eight billion dollar telescope on a boat right now, going down ana to be prepared for that launch. And i mean, it cost eight billion dollars, but it's an irreplaceable object, right itis, a priceless object at this point. So it's exciting to see this actually start to happen. I feel like maybe this is the real duk newcome for ever moment.
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