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James Webb was undersecretary of state during the Truman administration when the federal government systematically purged its ranks of LGBTQ employees. Some scientists are pushing to rename the ...
In March 2021, a commentary in Scientific American urged NASA to rename the James Webb Space Telescope, accusing Webb of complicity in the State Department's purge of homosexuals from the federal workforce in the 1940s and 1950s, known as the "lavender scare". [31] This controversy was reported in the press.
James Webb was undersecretary of state during the Truman administration when the federal government systematically purged its ranks of LGBTQ employees.
These activities were part of a larger movement to rename the James Webb Space Telescope, including by the JustSpace Alliance, which produced a documentary on the issue. [56] In 2022, NASA released a report of an investigation, in response to Prescod-Weinstein's claims, [57] based on an examination of more than 50,000 documents. The report ...
In March 2021, a commentary in Scientific American urges NASA to rename the James Webb Space Telescope due to Webb's efforts while a NASA administrator, disclosed in 2015, to implement governmental policies in place at the time to purge LGBT individuals from the federal workforce.
James Webb: Born in NC, schooled at UNC-Chapel Hill. James Webb was born in 1906 and lived in rural Granville County, on the northern border of North Carolina. His father was the superintendent of ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. As the largest telescope in space , it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant , or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope . [ 9 ]
James Webb (Royal Navy officer) (died 1761), commodore governor for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador for 1760; J. B. Webb (James B. Webb, 1929–2009), influential in shaping Australia's international relations and aid during the 1950s, 60s and 70s; Jim Webb (born 1946), former senator from Virginia, former U.S. Secretary of ...