The James Webb is the biggest project NASA and the international partners have done during my lifetime. I think it is more important than the Space Shuttle or even that floating tin can in orbit known as the ISS (seriously, the interior views look like large soupcans bolted together, complete with the white plastic liners. *LOL*)
We stand to learn so much more from the JWST than we could have ever learned from a bunch of rocks collected during a brief stint on the moon. Besides, I don't really remember the moon landings; I was much too young.
But I've watched a lot of shuttle launches, followed the ISS, and I'll definitely be up to watch this one! I was even within rumbling distance of a launch in Florida, with the glare of the exhaust lighting up the roadway. (No, I was not that close - the shuttles were just REALLY bright compared to early dawn!)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
