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MedAa TIL that James Webb ran NASA in the 1960’s and pushed for a balance between space flight and science. He wrote in 1965 that a major space telescope should be pursued.
v17EL TIL the James Webb Space Telescope is so sensitive it could theoretically detect the heat signature of a bumble bee at the distance of the moon.
KLBa TIL the JWST telescope is launching in 2018, is 100X more powerful than Hubble, and will be able to see the edge of the observable universe.