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I look forward to seeing what pictures it sends back.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
They'd tell you to mask up, the comet is coming.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
They'd tell you to mask up, the comet is coming.

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All the astronomers wear masks while aligning the 18 mirrors to form a single image of a star for the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope.


By the way, dumb-asses who refuse to wear masks or get vaccinated aren't hired as high paid astronomers. Instead, they end up as truckers blocking bridges between Canada and USA.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/12/americas/canada-truckers-protests-covid
-saturday/index.html

Astronomers: 2020 Median Pay $128,950 per year $62.00 per hour
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/physicists-an
d-astronomers.htm

Heavy and Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers: 2020 Median Pay $47,130 per year $22.66 per hour
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/transportation-and-material-moving/heavy-and-t
ractor-trailer-truck-drivers.htm

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully

“More than 20 years ago, the Webb team set out to build the most powerful telescope that anyone has ever put in space and came up with an audacious optical design to meet demanding science goals,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. “Today we can say that design is going to deliver.”

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-webb-reaches-alignment-miles
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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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What is a Meteorite?

Meteorites fall all over the Earth every year. A meteorite is a “space rock” or meteoroid that has traveled through our atmosphere and landed on the surface of the Earth.

The speed and force at which a meteoroid travels through the Earth’s atmosphere resulting in most of the rock burning off. Most meteoroids completely burn up upon entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

Of those that do survive, less than 5% of the original rock remains after impact with the ground. Meteorites on average, can range in size from dust grains to a small rock the size of a human fist.
How Many Meteorites Have Been Found?

To date, more than 69,000 meteorites have been found so far.
Where Have Meteorites Been Found?

Of the 69,268 recorded meteorites in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database, 62.6% of meteorites have been retrieved from Antarctica.

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