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We're honored to receive the 2023 Swigert Award for Space Exploration, a top award from the Space Foundation.

The Webb team "represents the best of our humanity and an enduring pursuit to better understand the cosmos.” -NASA Administrator @SenBillNelson https://go.nasa.gov/3jflvPV
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Receives Top Space Foundation Award

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has been selected to receive the 2023 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration, a top award from the Space Foundation.
Alise Fisher (NASA)
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in reply to NASA

Rick
Rick
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it’s unfortunate the name Webb doesn’t represent “the best of our humanity”
It would have been better to acknowledge the widespread call to pick a more suitable name pre-flight. The scientific value of the poorly named mission is nonetheless enormous. I do enjoy reading about the vast quantity of information being collected.

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