James Webb

[popeyespappy]

BIG ladder.

I'm sure most here are familiar with the JWST planned L2 orbit, but a lot of people probably don't understand exactly how far out that really is. At a about a million miles from Earth the JWST will be more than four times further away from the Earth than the moon.

Yes, I know that, like I said... a BIG ladder  

Though that does mean no chance of any service or repair missions... better get it right first time!

Which is why I'm worried about problems. Any number of little failures could cripple or kill it with little to no chance of repair of anything other than software issues.