Erin M. May, PhDApr 26, 2022

Do people like threads here? I guess we'll find out!

Between meetings today I thought I'd talk about #NASA #JWST and all the exciting #science we can expect from it starting in a few months!

(Yes, I made this travel mug ā¤ļø)

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Show threadErin M. May, PhDApr 26, 2022

A quick note: if you ask me what #JWST stands for I'll tell you it's the Just Wonderful Space Telescope

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-needs-to-rename-the-james-webb-space-telescope/

The James Webb Space Telescope Needs to Be Renamed

The successor to the Hubble currently honors a man who acquiesced to homophobic government policies during the 1950s and 1960s

Scientific American
Show threadSmittyHalibutApr 28, 2022
@_astronoMay I still think of it as the Betty White Soace Telescope, even though that name never really caught on.
Show threadErin M. May, PhDApr 28, 2022

@mark As a #StarTrek fan, if we can't change the acronym then I'm partial to referring to it as the JaneWay Space Telescope. šŸš€

I also enjoy hot Jupiter Watcher Space Telescope to indicate that my collaborators and I should get all the time on it to observe Hot Jupiters šŸ˜‚

Show threadSmittyHalibut
@_astronoMay ooo! I like Janeway!! Iā€™m more Wars than Trek, but I certainly appreciate both. And Trek is way more appropriate here.
Apr 28, 2022 at 3:35pmWeb