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minus-squareShawdow194@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·7 months agoJWST!? Seems like - Jane Rigby Space Telescope would be a more suitable name :) :)
minus-squareNull User Object@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI imagine there might be one at some point, just not this one.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoIt certainly would be more suitable to name it after a gay woman than Webb, who may or may not have been a homophobe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Webb#Controversy_about_telescope_name
JWST!? Seems like - Jane Rigby Space Telescope would be a more suitable name :) :)
I imagine there might be one at some point, just not this one.
It certainly would be more suitable to name it after a gay woman than Webb, who may or may not have been a homophobe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Webb#Controversy_about_telescope_name