Why scientists want to rename the James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb, for whom the James Webb Space Telescope is named, ran NASA from 1961 to 1968. (Photos: NBC News; HUM Images; NASA)

The excitement around unprecedented new images of far-off galaxies has reignited calls from some within the scientific and queer communities to rename the James Webb Space Telescope because of Webb’s alleged involvement in past anti-LGTBQ government policies in the mid-20th century…