Now Everyone Can Build a Satellite Like NASA: Online! “Make your game choices carefully and you could build a satellite very similar to NASA’s next-generation James Webb Space Telescope, the […]
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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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Funding One Flagship While Cutting Another
Keeping NASA’s Next Space Telescope Under Control: Q&A with Scott Willoughby, Space.com “The $8.8 billion observatory has become synonymous with cost overruns, and last summer, House appropriators recommended scrapping the […]
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American Astronomical Society's "Citizen Journalist" at Tomorrow's Budget Press Briefing
Keith’s note: Among the “citizen journalists” at Monday’s press briefing on the FY 2013 budget will be Bethany Jones @AAS_Bethany_J (aka @AAS_CAPP, the John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow for the […]
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Webb Space Telescope Events on Capitol Hill Today
Panel Discussion: U.S. Leadership in Astronomy: Space Telescopes Today, Tomorrow and Beyond “Featuring: Eric Smith, NASA Headquarters, Dr. John Grunsfeld, Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Dr. Meg […]
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Paying for Webb Overruns and Delays
Will Tight Budgets Sink NASA Flagships?, Science (subscription required for full access) “One big question that needs to be answered relatively soon is where NASA will find the money to […]
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AURA's Ongoing Twitter Lobbying Campaign for JWST Funding
NASA Acknowledges James Webb Telescope Costs Will Delay Other Science Missions, Space News “In the report, NASA also acknowledged for the first time that building and operating the long-delayed flagship […]
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NASA Budget: What to Cut, What To Save?
Budget pressures squeeze the dreams of Mars explorers, Washington Post “At a White House meeting during the last week of October, administration officials “were clearly not very keen on signing […]
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Senate Votes To Fund Webb – But Other Missions Will Suffer
Senate Passes Budget With Full Funding for James Webb Space Telescope “The Senate today passed its Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) 2012 Appropriations Bill, which includes full funding […]
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Webb Budget Problems Linger
Budget fight rages over James Webb Space Telescope, Washington Post “But if Congress provides less than the $530 million that NASA says the project needs next year, the schedule will […]