Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first chief astronomer, who paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe.
The newly named Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope—or Roman Space Telescope, for short—is set to launch in the mid-2020s. It will investigate long-standing astronomical mysteries, such as the force behind the universe's expansion, and search for distant planets beyond our solar system.
Considered the "mother" of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which launched 30 years ago, Roman tirelessly advocated for new tools that would allow scientists to study the broader universe from space. She left behind a tremendous legacy in the scientific community when she died in 2018.
"It is because of Nancy Grace Roman's leadership and vision that NASA became a pioneer in astrophysics and launched Hubble, the world's most powerful and productive space telescope," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "I can think of no better name for WFIRST, which will be the successor to NASA's Hubble and Webb Telescopes."
[...] Roman came to NASA in 1959, just six months after the agency had been established. At that time, she served as the chief of astronomy and relativity in the Office of Space Science, managing astronomy-related programs and grants.
"I knew that taking on this responsibility would mean that I could no longer do research, but the challenge of formulating a program from scratch that I believed would influence astronomy for decades to come was too great to resist," she said in a NASA interview.
[...] Above all, Roman is credited with making the Hubble Space Telescope a reality.
[...] Hubble turned out to be the most scientifically revolutionary space telescope of all time. Ed Weiler, Hubble's chief scientist until 1998, called Roman "the mother of the Hubble Space Telescope."
[...] The Roman Space Telescope will be a NASA observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics. The telescope has a primary mirror that is 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) in diameter and is the same size as the Hubble Space Telescope's primary mirror. The Roman Space Telescope is designed to have two instruments, the Wide Field Instrument and a technology demonstration Coronagraph Instrument. The Wide Field Instrument will have a field of view that is 100 times greater than the Hubble infrared instrument, allowing it to capture more of the sky with less observing time. The Coronagraph Instrument will perform high contrast imaging and spectroscopy of individual nearby exoplanets.
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Saturday May 23 2020, @01:33AM
let me guess, it comes thru as...
RST 599
(SK)
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 2, Funny) by gmby on Saturday May 23 2020, @01:43AM
The second child is always the best child. I wonder if it will need glasses too? The best science geeks always wear glasses.
Bye
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @04:55AM (11 children)
According to 3rd/4th wave feminists, no woman has ever held a technological job before 2015, especially in such an important position so far back in 1959.
Because of this and as a hashtag-believeallwomen man, this article, but not necessarily OPs post, is an abomination to current women.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @12:43PM
Wow. It sure doesn't take much to trigger a whiny incel, does it?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @07:05PM (8 children)
That means you are proud to be a misogynistic, alt-right scumbag [nytimes.com], right?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @08:22PM
https://reason.com/2020/05/19/believe-all-women-me-too-feminists-biden-reade/ [reason.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @08:24PM
https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/20/dont-let-the-lefts-believe-all-women-word-game-distract-from-their-glaring-hypocrisy/ [thefederalist.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @08:27PM (5 children)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/more-believe-women-revisionism-from-feminists/ [nationalreview.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @08:36PM (4 children)
Feeling so put upon that you needed to post three different links in three different comments, all of which reference the *same* tired rhetoric that Faludi shreds?
Wow. That must have hit really close to home. I have pity for you child.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @08:47PM (3 children)
Gross historical revisionism from the #MeToo crowd won't go unchallenged.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @08:53PM (2 children)
Misogynistic bullshit from scum like you won't go unchallenged either.
Got any more tired tropes to trot out, Mr. 20B0584? [theguardian.com] I imagine you have plenty of time to consider these days.
Have fun!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @09:06PM (1 child)
#FreeWeinstein #WeinsteinDidNothingWrong
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 24 2020, @05:10AM
itty bitty baby
itty bitty boat
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @07:05PM
That means you are proud to be a misogynistic, alt-right scumbag [nytimes.com], right?
(Score: 2) by Rich on Saturday May 23 2020, @08:11AM
So, what did she do that the NRO gave her a KH-11? The article is long, but doesn't say anything about it.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Thexalon on Saturday May 23 2020, @11:06AM
This is not being named for Nancy Grace, who of course spent most of her time ensuring that all of America knew that somewhere, an adorable white girl was missing.
"Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." - George Carlin
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 24 2020, @09:44PM
Are you enjoying COVID-19, Boomers? I hope you are, because your political response to the pandemic has completely destroyed the economy. Did we really need a Great Recession in 2008 caused by you, and a Great Lockdown in 2020 caused by you? Are you proud of yourselves for creating an economic depression even worse than the Great Depression of the 1930s? Are you proud of yourselves, Boomers? Your legacy will be economic ruin for all. You don't care as long as you Boomers continue to receive your pensions. You Boomers don't have jobs. You Boomers don't create jobs. You Boomers don't do anything for anyone ever. You Boomers are utterly worthless parasites. You don't care about anybody except yourselves. Everybody except you is forced at gunpoint to wear a facemask while you Boomers sit in your giant mansions laughing and waiting to die when you will be buried with your fortunes so nobody will ever touch your precious money.
Boomers did COVID-19.