It sustained this strike - but more strikes like the one that happened are going to significantly reduce the lifetime of the telescope.
There is no debating that that big strike was outside the model.
There is no debating that that big strike was outside the model.
Yes it is. That means the model is wrong. Hopefully JWST doesn't devolve into a micrometeorite detector. That instrument could have been built and operated at far lower cost and one wonders if that shouldn't have been done beforehand.