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Message 50120 - Posted: 30 Nov 2004, 7:25:51 UTC

http://www.theregister.com/2004/11/29/webb_mirrors_begin/

Excerpt: "Work has begun on the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope at a new, state-of-the-art facility in Alabama. The mirror pieces will be shaped, but not polished, in a $1.2m, 20,000 square foot facility opened this month.

The primary mirror is 6.5m in diameter, ..."


Hubble, schmubble.
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