Astronomers will keep pointing out to folks that the Roman telescope is *already built* and is being prepped for launch *next year* and I know we live in a stupid timeline but cancelling Roman at this point would be SO STUPID. - ThreadSky

aussiastronomer.bsky.social • 22 days ago

Astronomers will keep pointing out to folks that the Roman telescope is *already built* and is being prepped for launch *next year* and I know we live in a stupid timeline but cancelling Roman at this point would be SO STUPID.

Reposted from Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her)

Took a little walk over to the giant #nasa Goddard cleanroom yesterday where the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is looking great 😎 It’s assembled and going through testing before its scheduled launch late next year! It will study dark energy, dark matter (ahem @pearljam.com), exoplanets & more!

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thomassch1970.bsky.social•22 days ago

I fear the worst for NEO Surveyor! 😬😪

davidbflower.bsky.social•22 days ago

Would be unbelievably short sighted.

manfred-vr.bsky.social•22 days ago

What if he renames it to not be “DEI”? You know he wants to name it after a fascist if some kind, and that would save it.

homey1993.bsky.social•22 days ago

The cruelty is the point

asuarezmascareno.com•22 days ago

Not stupid, deliberately harmful. "Efficiency" was always a lie. They are willing to spend a lot of money in the destruction of the cultural and scientific worlds.

bugbear6502.bsky.social•22 days ago

Donald Trump has the morals, motives and vocabulary of a 12 year old school bully.

Stupid/Malicious is what he does.

mackeprang.com•22 days ago

Name it after a white dude, and you’re good to go.

natteringnaybob.bsky.social•22 days ago

What if they renamed it the Nancy Grace American Telescope?

rasmusolsson.bsky.social•22 days ago

If it (and other scientific missions like it) doesn't get to fly on NASA's budget, I hope the rest of the world buys it and hires the people who designed and built it, and the engineering and science staff that were supposed to run the program.

thevirologist.bsky.social•22 days ago

My son is an undergrad astro major at your institution; He is so disheartened right now.

thevirologist.bsky.social•22 days ago

Stupidity is a feature; not a bug.

tujungadude.bsky.social•22 days ago

“It’s stupid, ineffective, wasteful, and anti science? Oh yeah, we’re definitely going to do that”

milespminutemedia.bsky.social•22 days ago

Not if they're trying to privatize the industry and give the contract to a company who's rockets keep detonating in atmosphere cause they bought the government to them it will seem extremely smart

gmduvvuri.bsky.social•22 days ago

At this point NASA will need to consider funding a storage locker for both finished telescopes and rovers /s

pritchardjr.bsky.social•22 days ago

Weren’t the lenses for Toman already ground, but never flew when NASA got them from NRO. It feels like a bit of a lingering curse…

h1ghc0ncept.etheirys.social•22 days ago

"Have pride in your country" they say while defunding anything that would make us take pride in it or motivate us to care :(

gubergutz.bsky.social•22 days ago

About as stupid as every other half baked decision they've made over the last 100 days or so.

oldspace.bsky.social•22 days ago

Rename it the “MAGAscope”.

Hell, it might work.

vicklien.bsky.social•22 days ago

Maybe try renaming it to the "Donald Trump / Elon Musk" telescope?

jasonccook.bsky.social•22 days ago

One reason Trump would cancel it is because it is named after a woman. And women scare him, particularly the smart ones.

Why oh why do we have to be in the stupid timeline? Will someone take the DeLorean back and fix things?

mnjdg.bsky.social•22 days ago

“So stupid” is the description of the current administration.

toctik.bsky.social•22 days ago

Current admin has 3 modes: Stupid, Evil, Both.
Whatever they do those are the choices.

pat-snyder.bsky.social•22 days ago

It’s like their bat-signal

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