In September 2026, humanity extended its gaze a little further into the cosmos as NASA's Roman Space Telescope — named for the woman who helped bring Hubble into being — opened its instruments to starlight for the first time. Positioned a million miles from Earth at a gravitational still point, the $4 billion observatory confirmed that its core systems, including a coronagraph designed to unmask hidden worlds, were working as intended. What surprised even its builders was the discovery that Roman carries enough propellant to operate for twenty-two years, twice the original estimate — a quiet d