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		Aperocky on July 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Webb Space Telescope’s profound data challenge... It's much easier to get there and fix JWST than it is to land on the moon though. Because the landing part was the hardest and take more delta V than actually getting to JWST. Not to mention going back from moon surface.

martinskou on July 12, 2022 [–]

Didn’t JWST use some kind of grivitational breaking to stop at the LGPoint? A manned mission would require much more fuel to shorten the time of the trip and fuel for returning.

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