People who have followed NASA’s Roman Space Telescope from its late-1990s conceptual roots aren’t being dramatic when they call it overdue — it was once expected to launch in 2020, survived repeated White House attempts to cancel it, was renamed, and is finally scheduled to lift off tomorrow.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope traces its conceptual roots to the late 1990s and was once expected to launch in 2020. It survived repeated White House attempts to cancel it and was renamed before reaching a scheduled launch date of Aug. 30.
Roman reaches launch after a 27-year conceptual lineage, a missed 2020 recommendation, three termination proposals, a new name and a post-pandemic schedule reset. The post People who have followed NASA’s Roman Space Telescope from its late-1990s conceptual roots aren’t being dramatic when they call it overdue — it was once expected to launch in 2020, survived repeated White House attempts to cancel it, was renamed, and is finally scheduled to lift off tomorrow. appeared first on Space Daily .
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