By: Park McGraw

Park McGraw — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 10:39:34 +0000

For the next space telescope, I would like to lead a team that spin cast a 20m mirror in space.
The primary mirror cell assembled by robots from segments, then melting a thin layer surface.

By: Park McGraw

Park McGraw — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 03:59:08 +0000

Absolutely horrible diffraction spikes, if not “the worst” I have ever seen produced from an “imaging” instrument, to worst than I had hoped, knowing somewhat in advance what to expect, having worked at Keck 1, to worked in R2 at Space Park (former TRW), being the lead designer for the NG testbed for NWO (twin spacecraft planet finding mission), to have my own small piece of the gold foil heat shield used for JWEST, personally knowing the then Program Manger at Northrop Grumman. For the total price to tax payer and over decade delay, a rip off produced by a cancerous EO/AA mindset. Relative to image quality, most any reflecting telescope (light bucket) of equal aperture, made over the past 80 years, if placed in space would perform better, actually be able to see small objects near a bright point source. Every review of the images, to public comments shared in media, coming from those not qualified to provide peer level critiques (many in the field of Astrophysics not even competent with optical instruments, not the least point a telescope at a galaxy without the use of a computer, to falsifying images “at will” like the team I caught last year cheating at Goddard removing M32 to publishing false star and galaxy background), and maybe what those at NASA are seeking. As for me, very likely to have used more telescopes of different types and aperture range, than all of the program mangers on WJEST combined. Park McGraw Former Member Technical Staff, Optics and Lasers Dept., LSPC, Northrop Grumman Space Park, NASA Fellow, First to Collect Ground Base Image of Cyclone on Mars, USAF 0.6m Planetary Patrol Telescope, Mauna Kea Hawai`i (Concurrent Hubble Space Telescope), Have Observed (no GoTo) >400 Astronomical Objects, Independent Discover Comet 1983 VII (First in North America, Confirmed Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory).

By: Solomon Endlich

Solomon Endlich — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 22:16:22 +0000

Love that you posted this. Keep up the great work!

By: Jay Kastner

Jay Kastner — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:53:26 +0000

Thank you for posting this. Absolutely awesome engineering!
Visiting JPL I had a chance to discuss JWST engineering with some of them who designed and built it. Way behind schedule and over budget BUT there is NO prototype – THIS is it, has to work for 10-20 yrs in an unshielded env (no air / magnet field protection), and NO ONE can go there to service at Lagrange point. We need to support NASA and stop beating them up over costs etc!

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