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 Message 885 
 Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins 
 Re: The James Webb Space Telescope 
 26 Dec 21 23:02:51 
 
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Hi August,

On 2021-12-26 11:49:00, you wrote to me:

 AA>>> FYI, it hasn't made it to ASTRONOMY on 396/45 yet.

 WvV>> That's odd, because he is connected to that area on my system, so he
 WvV>> got it direct. (And my outbound is empty)

 AA> I'm not getting a connection at 396/45 in the last couple days
 AA> either.  :(

I see some failed connects in my log, but most of them go ok...

 AA> When was the last time you connected?

20 Minutes ago.

 AA>>> At about 1.5-2mi/sec hope there isn't any teeny tiny
 AA>>> debri that can render it useless.

 WvV>> There's always that tiny, tiny, tiny risk. But it's
 WvV>> already well beyond the "commercial" earth orbits, so
 WvV>> that debri wouldn't be human made...

 AA> Maybe the odd loose screw or bolt that has sprung loose from
 AA> the myriad of launches over the decades will cross paths with a
 AA> new mission.

Not that far from earth where the JWST now is (half way the distance to the
moon). There is hardly anything there, compared to the low earth orbits.

 AA>   But then, maybe the gravity of nearby planets or
 AA> moons could take care of such problems.

The other planets are way too far to have any measurable influence on objects
in an earth orbit...

Bye, Wilfred.
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