NASA’s Use of Recovery Act Funding for the James Webb Space Telescope Project, NASA OIG “Based on our review of the final performance reports from the involved contractors and discussions […]
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Management Changes at Webb Announced
NASA GSFC Internal Email: Center Director Announces Organizational Changes – JWST “For the past 8 years, the JWST team has been led by Phil Sabelhaus, and in my view, no […]
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Webb Problems at NASA: Rewarding Bad Management
NASA Administrator Bolden Statement On The Webb Telescope “However, I am disappointed we have not maintained the level of cost control we strive to achieve — something the American taxpayer […]
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Webb Fixes Need To Start On The 9th Floor
Keith’s note: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project started under NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Associate Administrator Ed Weiler. Virtually all of its chronic and unabated cost increases and […]
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Webb, The Giant Money Sponge
Telescope Is Behind Schedule and Over Budget, Panel Says, NY Times “The report raised fear that other projects would be hurt. “This is NASA’s Hurricane Katrina,” said Alan P. Boss, […]
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Webb Telescope: Too Big To Cancel?
NASA’s new space telescope costs shoot the moon, AP “We were missing a certain fraction of what was going on,” NASA associate administrator Chris Scolese said in a late Wednesday […]
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More Cost Overruns and Delays for Webb
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Independent Comprehensive Review Panel (ICRP) Final Report “The earliest launch date possible–and hence the minimum cost to complete–is September 2015 and would require an additional […]