Why NASA Was Pushed to Take James Webb’s Name Off the Telescope

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Reported by New York Times

Discovered 2022-07-12T04:45:34.232686-07:00 | 2022-07-12T04:45:34.232686-07:00

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New York Times reports: In 2002, Sean O’Keefe, then the NASA administrator, announced that the agency’s next telescope would be named for James Webb, who led NASA during the 1960s, when it was gearing up to land people on the moon.

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