On: James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor around alien planet

[ericmay]

Sorry I know this is low effort but "Can’t they just check" in the context of the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA operating it did make me chuckle. I'm pretty sure they checked :)

[foobarian → ericmay]

I interpret this more charitably by replacing "can't they just check" with "I wonder why this couldn't be answered by checking"

[botanical → ericmay]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter

[majou → ericmay]

It could be that they didn't observe it long enough to get enough data to do the checks tho, no?

[ianai → ericmay]

Thanks. Next time I’ll remember to not comment.

[Cymrukicks → ianai]

Why it gave me a chuckle too? Not everyone is an expert on everything here.

[ianai → Cymrukicks]

This isn’t Reddit.

[andrewflnr → ianai]

Which is exactly why comments like "Next time I’ll remember to not comment" are out of place.

[ericmay → ianai]

Sorry that you took that lesson away from my comment. It was intended as a not-serious joke.

[lumb63 → ianai]

Trust the experts. Never question anything.

[mensetmanusman → lumb63]

“I want to believe”