Hubble Successor Telescope
Technology has advanced and the time has come to put up a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA is well on the way to a next generation space telescope but to my horror, they've chosen to call it the James Webb Space Telescope!
"Who the hell is James Webb?" you might ask. Well, he was a lawyer and a bureaucrat. He happened to be the top administrator of NASA through the glory years of Gemini and Apollo, but he was not a scientist.
Is anyone else offended by having a piece of advanced technology named after a bureaucrat? I'm fine with putting his name on a government building, but I think the next generation space telescope should be named after a scientist - perhaps Carl Sagan.
Should we protest?
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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on -
Thanks to everyone for replying. I'm not stuck on it being the Sagan Scope -> but I really really want it named after a scientist. I just feel that if science has any 'sex appeal' to the young generation, it's in making that big discovery, turning your name into a household word, getting formulas, technological marvels, and stars named after you. I just feel very strongly that something that will be as high profile as the next generation space telescope should be named after an interesting scientist in order maximize scientific inspiration.
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on -
I think Sagan is the perfect choice. If you'd like to start a petition, I could possibly help with that.
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Wasn't that the device used in the early Jane Fonda movie, "Barbarella"? As I recall, she burned out its circuits --
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Especially Lee Marvin and his horse!
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Permalink Reply by Strega on -
Ahhh, the comforting sound of whispering bones creaking with antiquity fills my imagination as you venerable historical giants reminisce...
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Yo Mama wears Army boots --
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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on
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Yes, Arch - let's start a petition, however that is done.
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Permalink Reply by AJ Douglas on -
I completely agree with designating it the Sagan Space Telescope.
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Permalink Reply by James Cox on -
It does not seem that we are at the stage of a signature collection, but I would be willing sign the petition, when it appears. Actually I would be willing to consider a petition to fund a Mars habitat project, or asteroid mining. I would rather listen to a space, heavy breathing scandal any day.
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