While Webb Bleeds, Space Science Hemorrhages
Monday, August 16, 2010 - 17:00
in Mathematics & Economics
If Big Science complains about U.S. budget skepticism in the future, they are going to have to answer questions about the James Webb telescope. It is currently 3 years and $1.5 billion over budget with no end in sight. The latest projection, 2014 and $5 billion, has been greeted with so much derision that even the people behind the project in government have demanded an outside panel to oversee the boondoggle. read more