Keith’s note: When he was asked by Lamar Smith at House Science Committee hearing on NASA’s FY 2014 budget why two James Webb Space Telescope instruments were late, Charlie Bolden […]
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GAO Report on Large-Scale NASA Projects
GAO Report: NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects “The performance of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) portfolio of major projects has improved in the areas of cost and […]
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Webb Continues to Eat SMD's Lunch
James Webb Space Telescope squeezing budget, NASA official says, LA Times “We are operating in a zero sum game right now,” [Paul] Hertz said. The talk comes as James Webb’s […]
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GAO Sees Improvement With Webb
James Webb Space Telescope: Actions Needed to Improve Cost Estimate and Oversight of Test and Integration “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has provided significantly more time and money […]
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Building A Realistic Satellite Building App
Simulated Space ‘Terror’ Offers NASA an Online Following, New York Times “As part of the educational program for the James Webb Space Telescope, the planned successor to Hubble that has […]
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Webb Gets New Program Director
NASA Administrator Announces Webb Telescope Management Change “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced today that Geoff Yoder will assume leadership responsibilities for the James Webb Space Telescope, serving as program director […]
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Shameless Kissing Up To Congress at STScI
Space Astronomy Archive and Supernova Are Named for Senator Barbara Mikulski “One of the world’s largest astronomy archives, containing a treasure trove of information about myriad stars, planets, and galaxies, […]
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GAO Assessment of NASA Includes a Look at Webb's Overruns
NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects, GAO “Of the 15 projects in implementation, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has reported the most significant cost and schedule changes since last […]
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Mars Cuts Save Webb – Now Webb Complains About Aftereffects of Being Saved
Letter to Hillary Clinton and John Holdren: James Webb Space Telescope and our International Commitments, James Webb Space Telescope Advisory Committee (JSTAC) “In this letter we wish to reiterate to […]
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NASA Budget Realities: Past Mistakes, Future Impacts
Red Planet meets red ink: budget ax could chop two NASA Mars missions, Christian Science Monitor “Overall, the reports suggest that the total budget request for NASA will come in […]