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'That roar is terrific... look at that rocket go!' It's been 52 years since first Saturn V left the pad

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Irony of ironies

James Webb, he who cut the Apollo programme (legend has it that the "goodbye and good luck" notes were being handed out even as Apollo 11 was in progress) gets a space telescope named after him, which happens to be infamous in its own right for cost overruns and delays.

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