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    From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 25 13:05:57 2021
    Congratulations to everyone involved for a flawless JWST launch,
    a wonderful Christmas gift for everyone interested in astronomy,
    which I watched live.

    Now there are only about 300 things that can go wrong over the next
    six months of gradual deployment, any one of which could turn the
    entire $10 billion mission into a total failure.
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    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Peter Trei@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Sat Dec 25 10:31:44 2021
    On Saturday, December 25, 2021 at 8:05:59 AM UTC-5, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    Congratulations to everyone involved for a flawless JWST launch,
    a wonderful Christmas gift for everyone interested in astronomy,
    which I watched live.

    Now there are only about 300 things that can go wrong over the next
    six months of gradual deployment, any one of which could turn the
    entire $10 billion mission into a total failure.

    Here's the detailed timeline of deployment and commissioning: https://planet4589.org/space/misc/webb/time.html

    Pt

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  • From Tim Merrigan@21:1/5 to kfl@KeithLynch.net on Sat Dec 25 12:35:40 2021
    On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 13:05:57 -0000 (UTC), "Keith F. Lynch"
    <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:

    Congratulations to everyone involved for a flawless JWST launch,
    a wonderful Christmas gift for everyone interested in astronomy,
    which I watched live.

    congratulations to all


    Now there are only about 300 things that can go wrong over the next
    six months of gradual deployment, any one of which could turn the
    entire $10 billion mission into a total failure.

    Only 300?
    --

    Qualified immuninity = virtual impunity.

    Tim Merrigan

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to Tim Merrigan on Sun Dec 26 21:36:13 2021
    Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com> wrote:
    "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
    Now there are only about 300 things that can go wrong over the next
    six months of gradual deployment, any one of which could turn the
    entire $10 billion mission into a total failure.

    Only 300?

    Exactly 344 according to several sources including https://spacenews.com/jwst-launch-marks-only-the-start-of-a-risky-deployment-process/

    But about ten percent of them are now in the past, so about 300 remain.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Tim Merrigan@21:1/5 to kfl@KeithLynch.net on Mon Dec 27 14:17:08 2021
    On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 21:36:13 -0000 (UTC), "Keith F. Lynch"
    <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:

    Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com> wrote:
    "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
    Now there are only about 300 things that can go wrong over the next
    six months of gradual deployment, any one of which could turn the
    entire $10 billion mission into a total failure.

    Only 300?

    Exactly 344 according to several sources including >https://spacenews.com/jwst-launch-marks-only-the-start-of-a-risky-deployment-process/

    But about ten percent of them are now in the past, so about 300 remain.

    Those are only the ones they've foreseen.
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    Qualified immuninity = virtual impunity.

    Tim Merrigan

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  • From Alan Woodford@21:1/5 to Tim Merrigan on Tue Jan 4 17:15:36 2022
    On Mon, 27 Dec 2021 14:17:08 -0800, Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com> wrote:

    On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 21:36:13 -0000 (UTC), "Keith F. Lynch" ><kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:

    Tim Merrigan <tppm@ca.rr.com> wrote:
    "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
    Now there are only about 300 things that can go wrong over the next
    six months of gradual deployment, any one of which could turn the
    entire $10 billion mission into a total failure.

    Only 300?

    Exactly 344 according to several sources including >>https://spacenews.com/jwst-launch-marks-only-the-start-of-a-risky-deployment-process/

    But about ten percent of them are now in the past, so about 300 remain.

    Those are only the ones they've foreseen.

    They are 75% through those potential single-point fails now :-)

    It has just been announced that the sun shield is now fully tensioned.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59873738

    Alan Woodford
    The Greying Lensman

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