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“I compare Webb…a mission this size is like building a cathedral,” reflects Klaus Pontoppidan, Project Scientist. “Generational projects, you pay them forward. Lessons learned are applied to the next. "Somebody did this for Webb. Some are still around, some retired, some didn’t live to see it.”


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