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Who Would Kidnap a Space Telescope? Marina Koren NASA’s new space telescope has had a rough go. Name a problem, and this telescope meant to be the most powerful of its kind, a worthy successor to the famous Hubble hasfacedit: poor management, technical errors, budget overruns, schedule delays, and a pandemic. So, naturally, the people responsible for the telescope’s safety are now thinking about pirates. Yes, pirates. The topic came up at a recent meeting about NASA’s James Webb space telescope, named for a former administrator of the space agency. Later this year, the telescope will travel by ship to a launch site in South America, passing through the Panama Canal to reach French Guiana. Webb, with a mirror as tall as a two-story building and a protective shield the size of a tennis court, is too large for a plane. Its departure date will be kept secret, someone said at the meeting, to protect against pirates who might want to capture the pr ....
NASA/Associated Press In this Dec. 13 photo made available by NASA, Saturn (top) and Jupiter are seen after sunset from Shenandoah National Park in Luray, Va. The two planets are drawing closer to each other in the sky as they head towards a “great conjunction” on Dec. 21 where the two giant planets will appear a tenth of a degree apart.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. But viewers in the Pittsburgh region and most of the eastern seaboard likely will only see clouds, drizzle and snow flurries when their gaze turns to the heavens the evening of Dec. 21. ....