The Webb Space Telescope, launching Dec. 18 2021

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JJ Abrams was right... lens flare everywhere in space
 
Woke strikes again:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/us/f...-links-to-lgbtq-abuse/ar-AAZv0hk?ocid=BingHPC

I guess we shouldn't have anything named after 60's era people of significance (or older) because they were racist or abusive or something......:nuts:

I honestly didnt know who James Webb was (or cared, i just assumed he was some scientist or someone who made a major discovery, not the head of a NASA) cuz i care more about the telescope itself and its findings.

Its cool to see the difference between hubble and JW, its almost like going from bad/compromised vision to wearing glasses lol.
 
Woke strikes again:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/us/f...-links-to-lgbtq-abuse/ar-AAZv0hk?ocid=BingHPC

I guess we shouldn't have anything named after 60's era people of significance (or older) because they were racist or abusive or something......:nuts:

I honestly didnt know who James Webb was (or cared, i just assumed he was some scientist or someone who made a major discovery, not the head of a NASA) cuz i care more about the telescope itself and its findings.

Its cool to see the difference between hubble and JW, its almost like going from bad/compromised vision to wearing glasses lol.

Nope sorry. But if this is the reality of what he did, then his name is a poor choice. He had a choice as well, he made it and reality is that choice doesn't match with the ideals behind this telescopes mission. Not complicated, not about being woke. It's just about choosing to name things in a way that properly match up with what it is trying to be achieved.
 
Nope sorry. But if this is the reality of what he did, then his name is a poor choice. He had a choice as well, he made it and reality is that choice doesn't match with the ideals behind this telescopes mission. Not complicated, not about being woke. It's just about choosing to name things in a way that properly match up with what it is trying to be achieved.
Let's cancel the name America then, because surely the original medieval guy that inspired the name was a misogynist, homophobic and racist guy like everybody from his age were.
 
Let's cancel the name America then, because surely the original medieval guy that inspired the name was a misogynist, homophobic and racist guy like everybody from his age were.

Do we know that though about Amerigo Vespucci?

I mean, we know what James Webb is responsible for, we're not that far removed from his tenure, and we have documentation and people still around whose lives were impacted.

I honestly don't know much of anything about Amerigo (I had to look up his last name) or anything about him beyond being an advocate of exploration and one of the first guys who articulated the then radical idea that what they found was a new continent.
 
Let's cancel the name America then, because surely the original medieval guy that inspired the name was a misogynist, homophobic and racist guy like everybody from his age were.

We don't need to go the fallacy route.

It's not about cancelling anyone or making wild false comparisons. We seem to now know Webb did stuff that does not jive with the mission of the project. Uncomplicated. You just acknowledge that, see the problem, rename it and we all move on.

His work, everything he did stands just fine. But the idea here behind this telescope is to unite all people in the exploration and advancement of science and space for everyone. You can't do that under the name of person who did the opposite.
 
Woke strikes again:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/us/f...-links-to-lgbtq-abuse/ar-AAZv0hk?ocid=BingHPC

I guess we shouldn't have anything named after 60's era people of significance (or older) because they were racist or abusive or something......:nuts:

I honestly didnt know who James Webb was (or cared, i just assumed he was some scientist or someone who made a major discovery, not the head of a NASA) cuz i care more about the telescope itself and its findings.

Its cool to see the difference between hubble and JW, its almost like going from bad/compromised vision to wearing glasses lol.
February 1961 to October 1968,

Sweet baby jesus... 55 years later and people complain about stuff that happened in that time period.
 
Sweet baby jesus... 55 years later and people complain about stuff that happened in that time period.

Its the current generation we live in.
If something is to be named after a historic person of significance, their life will now have to be vetted all the way down their lineage through their parents, and their grandparents and great grandparents, etc to ensure its squeaky clean.

And i think that would probably eliminate every single person of significance in the 60's or older becuase they will be found to be creepy/racist/sexist/etc in one form or another.
 
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