how to name a telescope: why james webb?
WHYYYYYY? Why is it the James Webb Space Telescope? Why? Links in video: Johnson library interview: https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-webbj-19690429-1-74-266 JFK meeting: https://history.nasa.gov/JFK-Webbconv/pages/transcript.pdf NPR interview with O'keefe: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/30/1041707730/shadowed-by-controversy-nasa-wont-rename-new-space-telescope Dan Savage blog: https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2015/01/21/21510326/should-nasa-name-a-telescope-after-a-dead-guy-who-persecuted-gay-people-in-the-1950s Medium article: https://hmoluseyi.medium.com/was-nasas-historic-leader-james-webb-a-bigot-131c821d5f12 Scientific American article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-revelations-raise-pressure-on-nasa-to-rename-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ https://twitter.com/acollierastro #jwst #renameJWST
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