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

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