RE: James Webb
August 6, 2021 at 12:55 pm
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2021 at 12:57 pm by HappySkeptic.)
There is a campaign to get the telescope renamed.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02010-x
Basically, Webb was a politican during the "lavender scare", and at least one gay scientist was fired from NASA while Webb was administrator, for being gay.
I don't think this effort should succeed, unless it is shown that Webb was an anti-gay instigator. No-one living before 2000 is going to be "pure enough" for culture activists. Perhaps we can never name anything after former politicians?
That said, a "Carl Sagan Telescope" has a nice ring to it, and pro-marijuana activists will be onboard.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02010-x
Basically, Webb was a politican during the "lavender scare", and at least one gay scientist was fired from NASA while Webb was administrator, for being gay.
I don't think this effort should succeed, unless it is shown that Webb was an anti-gay instigator. No-one living before 2000 is going to be "pure enough" for culture activists. Perhaps we can never name anything after former politicians?
That said, a "Carl Sagan Telescope" has a nice ring to it, and pro-marijuana activists will be onboard.
