The NASA engineer who made the James Webb Space Telescope work

A file photo of James Webb Space Telescope Mirror (Photo: Reuters) — A file photo of James Webb Space Telescope Mirror (Photo: Reuters)

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8 min read . Updated: 07 Jul 2022, 05:21 PM IST Ben Cohen, The Wall Street Journal

Greg Robinson turned a $10 billion debacle into a groundbreaking scientific mission. Every moonshot is the result of marginal improvements

It’s an observatory so powerful it makes the Hubble Space Telescope look like a pair of binoculars. It’s currently 1 million miles away from Earth on a spectacular adventure in outer space. It’s part of a mission with the potential to change the way we think about life itself.