[OC] XKCD 2014-Reprise – Zeitplan für den Start des römischen Weltraumteleskops

This graph is a tongue-in-cheek re-creation of [https://xkcd.com/2014/](https://xkcd.com/2014/), updated for NASA’s latest flagship astrophysics mission, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Data:
[https://spacenews.com/pandemic-causes-delay-and-cost-increase-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope/](https://spacenews.com/pandemic-causes-delay-and-cost-increase-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope/)
[https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-roman-space-telescope/](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-roman-space-telescope/)
[https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasas-powerful-new-roman-space-telescope-is-complete-and-will-soon-begin-mission-to-find-100-000-alien-worlds](https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasas-powerful-new-roman-space-telescope-is-complete-and-will-soon-begin-mission-to-find-100-000-alien-worlds)

Tools: Python, matplotlib with the xkcd style

There aren’t nearly as many data points for this graph as in the original, but hey, it’s not called r/dataisplentiful.