[hobs]

Then we could spend 10,000x on the launch? Nah, let's let the people managing the rocket science continue to do so.

[PeterisP]

Soon we might have an option to avoid the extreme mass and size restrictions caused by having to squeeze the JWT on top of Ariane 5 - if/when Starship proves viable, then we could probably cut the cost of the telescope development by an order of magnitude by being able to choose a reasonable tradeoff instead of sacrificing everything (complexity, cost, reliability) just to cut down some weight and size.

[hoseja]

Weird how this pure science instrument seems to be constructed entirely out of porcine muscle tissue.

[NikolaeVarius]

Weird how a complex piece of machinery with tight tolerances doesn't like things that could damage it.