Applying HST lessons learned to JWST
2008
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a
6.5 meter cryogenic observatory planned to launch in
2013. The observatory includes a three mirror anastigmat
telescope with a deployed 18 segment primary mirror.
Unlike the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), JWST will be
difficult to service and therefore the development team
needs to be highly confident the telescope will work after
launch. Consequently, it is imperative that the team
building JWST apply the lessons learned from the HST
program so as to avoid repeating mistakes that led to a
major optical error in HST. The purpose of this paper is
to summarize what the JWST program is doing to apply
the lessons learned from HST. It includes a summary of
how the HST optical error was made, the lessons learned
there from, and how the JWST program is applying these
lessons to avoid the mistakes of the past and ensure
correct JWST optical performance.
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