13 Sep 2011 - NASA's Webb Telescope Completes Mirror-Coating Milestone

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Webb Coating 160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=38463)13 Sep 2011 - NASA's Webb Telescope Completes Mirror-Coating Milestone
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached a major milestone in its development.


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[SomaSmith]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention! I didn't even know such a project was taking place.

I can't wait to see some images from this beauty.. After reading up on the telecope a bit I clicked on a video of one of the mirrors being uncased and moved into it's place.
This next part is a true testament to my own "programming". As I watched the techs, so focused and intense, I couldn't help but imagine a TV "Soccer mom" walking into the shot with some windex and a roll of paper towels... and some cheezy tag line like "If your mirror was going to be sent into orbit 1,000,000 miles from earth wouldn't you want a perfect streak free shine"

UGH! I know it's silly but I have been over here smiling about it for the last 5 minutes.

Thanks again for the info and unrelated humor.

[conk]

I'm betting they still won't point it at anything extraordinary or revealing. Most interesting though. Thanks for the notice.