Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Saturday, December 25, 2021

James Webb Space Telescope

Launch is in a half-hour:



ETA: Successful launch!



The launch site was overcast, so after the initial boost, there wasn't much to see.

ETA: The JWST Blog is now in one of the blogrolls.
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2 comments:

dinthebeast said...

Scott Manley said "There's no truth to the rumor that the launch will interfere with Santa and his reindeer, everyone knows that a JWST launch on schedule is just a myth..."
But, no, it flew. Now for a tense month while it puts itself together and makes its way to L2.

-Doug in Sugar Pine

12/25/2021 2:37 PM
gray fox said...

Here's a nice two minute video from NASA laying out all the stages of deployment over the next two weeks.

Days five through seven are the really scary ones unfurling the sunshield. So damn many potential single point failures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzGLKQ7_KZQ

And on a lighter note: https://ibb.co/h7QMMHq

12/25/2021 8:30 PM

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