WorstHyperboleEver t1_j8sz0w0 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 7:04 PM

Reply to comment by slickhedstrong in The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope - the next major step in astronomy that will help unlock the secrets of the universe's expansion and dark energy. by upyoars

So you’re saying we SHOULDN’T honor one of the most influential people in the history of NASA because her name is similar to someone else’s name? That’s her name, and it should be used as she wished to be called. context is enough to make it clear who is being honored.

slickhedstrong t1_j8t8hcs wrote on February 16, 2023 at 8:02 PM

we should call these things heimdall array or the Horus satellite or the Panoptescope and not run the risk of later finding out that webb was a racist or that nancy grace roman supported something, especially when our entire era is going to be seen as complicit in asian child labor the way we see everyone in the past as complicit is slavery or systemic misogyny and shit.

the hermes orbiting mirror, what a romantic name for something.