James Webb

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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.

Given what Webb is accused of, it would be appropriate to re-name the telescope ‘Butch’.

Boru