I'm still holding my breath on this one, will be most amazing telescope in my lifetime

parked in L2 a million miles away with 500mbps data transfer rate (1.5TB per DAY)

we've made it past DOGE destroying it

we've made it past him renaming it after himself and putting his mugshot on it

but Musk still needs to send it out of orbit without explosions, so here's hoping

(Falcon Heavy, don't tell me the odds)

* https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6983/

* JWST vs Roman comparison https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14942/

* https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-nancy-grace-roman-space-te...

* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-roman-space...

* https://www.npr.org/2026/08/28/nx-s1-5905370/nasa-nancy-grac...

did not know and it's horrific Roman started as a billion dollar spy satellite sitting in a warehouse unused, but okay we got the crumbs from $20 Trillion in military spending I guess

oh and while the smallest planet Roman can image will be Jupiter-sized, Roman's successor would be able to image earth-like planets

except The Habitale Worlds Observatory Space Telescope HWO was scheduled for 2040 and now will not happen in my lifetime because DOGE got that one, Congress awarded it $150 Million and DOGE changed it to $5 Million

* https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/habitable-wor...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitable_Worlds_Observatory

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope