NASA Hosts Media Teleconference on Status of James Webb Space Telescope NASA’s Webb Observatory Requires More Time for Testing and Evaluation; New Launch Window Under Review “NASA’s James Webb Space […]
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Another Big Launch Delay For Webb Space Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to be Launched Spring 2019 “The change in launch timing is not indicative of hardware or technical performance concerns,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for […]
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Is WFIRST Learning The Wrong Lessons From JWST?
NASA’s Dark-Energy Probe Faces Cost Crisis, Scientific American “Above all, the agency wants to keep WFIRST from following the path of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a successor to […]
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Looking Into The Future
Today I looked into the eye of a #telescope that will analyze habitable planets around other stars – and it looked back at me. #humbled pic.twitter.com/cKe2FzSoj0 — Keith Cowing (@KeithCowing) […]
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Webb Has a Launch Vehicle But Cost Risks Still An Issue
James Webb Space Telescope Project on Track but May Benefit from Improved Contractor Data to Better Understand Costs, GAO “JWST continues to meet its cost commitments, but unreliable contractor performance […]
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GAO: Webb Continues To Experience Significant Delays
GAO: James Webb Space Telescope: Project Facing Increased Schedule Risk with Significant Work Remaining “With just under 4 years until its planned launch in October 2018, the James Webb Space […]
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Today's Exercise in Denial at NASA
Mather: Next telescope after #JWST would probably need to be 2-3x bigger that #JWST. Need to find a way to do it for the same price. — Tony Darnell (@DeepAstronomy) […]
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JWST's Latest Victim: Shutting Down Opportunity
Mars Rover Opportunity Faces New Threat: Budget Ax, Discovery “NASA’s baseline budget for the year beginning Oct. 1 pulls the plug on the 10-year-old Mars rover Opportunity, newly released details […]
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Scolese: Webb Cost Overrun was a "Hiccup"
NASA GSFC center director Chris Scolese just refered to #JWST cost overrun as "that little hiccup a while back" #clueless — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 3, 2014 Mikulski on #JWST […]
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GAO Expresses Concern Over Webb Technical, Cost, & Schedule Challenges
James Webb State Telescope: Meeting Commitments but Technical, Cost, & Schedule Challenges Could Affect Continued Progress, GAO “Overall the project is maintaining a significant amount of cost reserves; however, low […]