Nasa's £8billion space telescope 'more damaged than once thought' by asteroid strike
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Nasa's amazing new £8 billion James Webb telescope has 'less memory than an iPhone 13'Nasa's report states: "The single micrometeorite impact that occurred between 22 — 24 May 2022 UT exceeded prelaunch expectations of damage for a single micrometeoroid triggering further investigation and modelling by the JWST Project."The micrometeoroid which hit segment C3 in the period 22—24 May 2022 UT caused significant uncorrectable change in the overall figure of that segment."However, the effect was small at the full telescope level because only a small portion of the telescope area was affected."Fortunately, the damage has not affected the telescope's ability to deliver awe-inspiring photos back to earth.But what's even more impressive is the kit it uses to do so.
According to IEEE Spectrum, the pricey telescope only has 68GB of storage space, which is about the same memory size as Apple's cheapest iPhone (64GB).
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