Legacy
Webb was played by Dan Lauria in the 1998 miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon.
NASA's planned James Webb Space Telescope was renamed in Webb's honor in 2002. The telescope is referred to as "the Hubble successor". As of 2011, funding uncertainties might delay the launch to 2017 or 2018.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)