We finally have it:Our highest-resolution infrared image of the cosmos.

It’s a monumental achievement, the result of decades of planning, development, research and engineering.

Webb’s First Deep Field, as the image is known, ushers in a new era for astronomy.

The world’s space scientists are absolutely hyped.

But 24 hours prior, the schedule was updated.

The press conference was scheduled to start at 2 p.m. PT.

It was a fun wait.

It was probably more fun than the press conference.

He said the delays were because of his planning for a trip to the Middle East.

The president then recounted Webb’s journey from Earth to its home, 1 million miles from our planet.

“First of all that blows my mind,” he said, adding a little more bewilderment.

before she reveals she’s not a student at that school.

It lasted for less than three minutes and then… everyone went home.

The whole press conference was over in 11 minutes, tops.

Why does that matter?

Who cares how it was presented, right?

We got the image!

Well, some astronomers weren’t so keen on it.

That wasn’t it.

Im sorry was that it?!?

Are they not going to say any more??

It’s worth comparing this to a similar photo revealed by Hubble in 2004.

Explainers… you name it, STScI had it.

Yes, Webb’s first picture, on its own, is remarkable it’s stunning and immediately arresting.

But the real incredible details were simply ignored in the Webb press conference.

It was PR, not science communication.

I don’t want to make this a political thing it’s not.

It’s a missed-opportunity thing.

Where was the discussion about gravitational lensing?

How about some zoomed-in images of the funky galaxies that fill the image?

Can we get someone in here to compare this with the Hubble images of the same region of space?

Except, he doesn’t know the name.

Or what time it arrived.

And unfortunately, we don’t get The Moment back.

There’s something sad about that.

Something that takes the luster off a universe-changing moment in human history.

The image isthatbig of a deal.

It’s still a big deal, even if the reveal wasn’t.

Fortunately, we kind of get a do-over.

On Tuesday, NASA will reveal four more images from Webb at 7:30 a.m. PT.

Now that’s more like it.