On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:11:49 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Alan
Erskine" made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Is this the James Webb who was the NASA admin some time ago? If so, what
did he do for astronomy?

He oversaw the development of much of the technology that makes
space-based astronomy possible.