It's already failed, really.
It's failed multiple times to meet its schedule and budget. It's been delayed multiple times, just this year. Functional failure is imminent. Just look at it - it is not a robust design, it looks fragile. Every single micrometeorite that hits the sun shield will perforate it. Next you have a beam(s) of sunlight shining through those perforations onto the telescope. That's if it even unfolds properly.
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