The element assembly wheel of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Credit: NASA
The element assembly wheel of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Credit: NASA

The most tragic event in modern astronomy isn’t a funding cut or a launch failure. It is a “missed connection.”

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