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This explains the Lagrangian points
L2, the second Lagrangian Point
The L2 point is rapidly establishing itself as a pre-eminent location for advanced spaceprobes and ESA has a number of missions that make use of this orbital 'sweet-spot' such as Gaia and the James Webb Space Telescope.www.esa.int
Brilliant. Now, which Scientist was responsible for not doing what he was paid to do ?The first photo has just come through
There was problem with Hubble initally due to a fleck of paint de-focussing the optics and blurring the images- they worked out the error and subsequently replaced a section of the telescope via the space shuttle to correct it. Unfortunately the JAMES WEB "scope is not in near-earth orbit- so it has to work faultlessly from the off---posssibly against any normal terrestrial odds.
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