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    Can we now get better replay angles for NFL games?
     
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    Wait...this thing is only supposed to last 10 years when the Hubble has lasted for what...35?
     
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    It's going to the sun. Even if it goes at night, it still won't last too long with all the residual heat from the day.
     
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    Do you have a newsletter?
     
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    It's a LOT further away, they can't exactly send a crew to do maintenence on it.
     
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    Than the sun?
     
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    Further away than Hubble
     
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    Hubble is near the earth not the sun.
     
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    It's going to the L2 Lagrange point, which means it is permanently going to be shaded from the sun by the Earth. It's basically going to be in a permanent eclipse.
     
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    Then why does it need a sun shield?
     
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    It was a union job.
     
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    Thread of the year
     
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    Because at L2 apparent size of the Earth relative to the sun makes it a permanent annular eclipse, not total eclipse. But at L2, by definition, the Earth has to stay between JW and the sun for the gravitational meta-stable sweet spot to exist. It'll careen off into space if it moves too far off that spot.

    Even in a total eclipse, the sun's corona still peeks outside the umbra, which is why you have to worry about going blind if you stare straight at it.
     
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    This is a family friendly forum.
     
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    I’m surprised they didn’t sell the naming rights. Why not?
     
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