[ClearCase_guy]

Even if this TRAPPIST-1 Webb Space Telescope learns anything interesting, the government will never speak of it ...

[Red Badger]

They will be able to directly measure the temperature of the individual planets and determine their possible habitability for human as well as alien life. If #1 is discovered, it will be ‘news’, if #2 is, it won’t be..............................

[plain talk]

"Even if this TRAPPIST-1 Webb Space Telescope learns anything interesting, the government will never speak of it ..."

That's a deep subject that those in the highest levels of government have to deal with. In this case they can only learn so much from 41 light years away. I have doubts they could conclusively remotely prove there is or is not life there given our levels of technology now.

However it would be truly exciting if they could ...