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After decades of delays, the most powerful telescope ever built was sitting on a launchpad in French Guiana. Engineers were performing final "aliveness" tests. The video recorded on your device exists in that final window of time before we had the capability to see the "First Light" of the universe. 3. The Tech Shift

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Here is an about what was happening in the world at the exact moment that file was created. The Great Logistics Race (December 2021) After decades of delays, the most powerful telescope

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