I suspect that this was in the context of the James Webb Space Telescope launching and (a) having a complicated “unfolding” process and (b) being so far out that it couldn’t be the target of a Hubble Telescope-style repair mission, so people are thinking about telescopes activating and maybe not working.
What a weird title. Was it not supposed to work? Was anything wrong with it?
Well there was Hubble…
Well, it sort of worked even prior to the mirror fix.
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/what-was-wrong-with-hubble-mirror-how-was-it-fixed/
I suspect that this was in the context of the James Webb Space Telescope launching and (a) having a complicated “unfolding” process and (b) being so far out that it couldn’t be the target of a Hubble Telescope-style repair mission, so people are thinking about telescopes activating and maybe not working.
Thank you. It makes more sense now
In space things don’t always go as expected, and it’s hard to send tech support. So it’s always a relief when your 1.5b project works as expected.