NASA doubles down on not renaming the James Webb Space Telescope
NASA has doubled down on not renaming its James Webb Space Telescope following an investigation into its namesake. Back in December, the US government agency launched the device – which has been described as the most powerful and largest telescope ever created. However before its official launch, 1,200 scientists signed a petition calling for NASA to rename the device after unsettling evidence claimed that Webb took part in the Lavender Scare – a “purge” of LGBTQ+ government employees between the 1950s and 1960s. According to a report from Scientific American, during…
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