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Airspace is normally [https://simpleflying.com/rocket-launches-airline-traffic/ closed to air traffic] to avoid collisions between aircraft and rocket launches. While Santa might not know about such restrictions, he already knows about this particular launch because thousands of astronomy geeks have asked for a new space telescope as a Christmas present in their letters to Santa, and the easiest way for Santa to deliver such a present is just keeping a safe distance from the launch pad. Moreover {{w|NORAD}} [https://www.noradsanta.org/en/ tracks Santa]'s flying around the world and would be able to give sufficient warning to both Santa and Ground Control to prevent such a close encounter of a festive kind; as well as to prevent accidental global thermonuclear war by {{w|1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident|confusing a small herd of flying reindeer}} with a first-strike attack by a foreign power. Finally, Santa Claus performs deliveries overnight, while the launch is scheduled for [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/science/webb-telescope-launch-date-livestream.html morning local time], so the timing of such a collision would not occur. | Airspace is normally [https://simpleflying.com/rocket-launches-airline-traffic/ closed to air traffic] to avoid collisions between aircraft and rocket launches. While Santa might not know about such restrictions, he already knows about this particular launch because thousands of astronomy geeks have asked for a new space telescope as a Christmas present in their letters to Santa, and the easiest way for Santa to deliver such a present is just keeping a safe distance from the launch pad. Moreover {{w|NORAD}} [https://www.noradsanta.org/en/ tracks Santa]'s flying around the world and would be able to give sufficient warning to both Santa and Ground Control to prevent such a close encounter of a festive kind; as well as to prevent accidental global thermonuclear war by {{w|1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident|confusing a small herd of flying reindeer}} with a first-strike attack by a foreign power. Finally, Santa Claus performs deliveries overnight, while the launch is scheduled for [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/science/webb-telescope-launch-date-livestream.html morning local time], so the timing of such a collision would not occur. | ||
| β | The JWST has been referenced previously in [[1730: Starshade]], [[2014: JWST Delays]], [[2447: Hammer Incident]] and [[2550: Webb]], is on the list of payloads in [[1461: Payloads]] and its | + | The JWST has been referenced previously in [[1730: Starshade]], [[2014: JWST Delays]], [[2447: Hammer Incident]] and [[2550: Webb]], is on the list of payloads in [[1461: Payloads]] and its planed use was indirectly referenced in [[975: Occulting Telescope]]. Santa is known to [[838|maintain a list of humans]] responsible for technological incidents and to have suitable punishment for offenders. 12 days after launch it was referenced again in [[2564: Sunshield]]. |
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