I know this is whistling in the wind, but the Webb telescope just fills me with such hope and excitement. I feel generally so down about the state of the world, but when I think about the sheer complexity of the Webb telescope and how it has basically gone as well as anyone could hope, it just makes me happy. Deep thanks and gratitude to the huge number of people who worked so hard on this project.
Me too! A lot of the recent advances in space travel/ exploration whilst techically impressive (space X's reusable rockets, starlink etc.) just don't really spark joy or wonder in the way that the Webb telscope has for me.
