New Telescope Show on Discovery Channel tonight

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Geek alert! New show on Discovery Channel tonight @ 7:30pm
http://www.discoverychannel.com.au/shows/telescope/#
Looks very interesting

[Luke.]

I have had my Foxtel set to record this for a while now I will still probably watch it tonight anyway.

[billdan (Bill)]

Just finished watching it, really good doco. The James Webb is going to be deployed 1 million miles from earth, so there is no second chance for repairs like they did with Hubble.

Bill

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by billdan

Just finished watching it, really good doco. The James Webb is going to be deployed 1 million miles from earth, so there is no second chance for repairs like they did with Hubble.

Bill

Where there is a will there is a way

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

Where there is a will there is a way

Maybe a bit of wishful thinking there.
The cost would be immense.
It may have built in parts that can be exchanged roboticly,
But I very much doubt it.
It has been stated from the start that if it goes on the blink, that's it
Possibly quite a few years into the future,but by then another telescope could come along and make a repair obsolete.
Cheers

[Luke.]

I enjoyed it too. It was more about the history on telescopes in general and I would have like to seen more about the JWT getting built.

[BeanerSA (Paul)]

Finally got a day off so I was able to sit down and watch this. I thought it was a great doco. Learnt a few things and was right at my level of comprehension too!

[deanm (Dean)]

"I would have like to seen more about the JWT getting built."

Get this (45 minutes of JWT!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8p0SaMSZ7M

[Luke.]

Originally Posted by deanm

"I would have like to seen more about the JWT getting built."

Get this (45 minutes of JWT!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8p0SaMSZ7M

Nice!