NASA: Extra money needed to launch JWST this decade, Sapceflightnow “Rick Howard, NASA’s JWST program director, said the agency determined the observatory could launch on a European Ariane 5 rocket […]
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Attempt to Save Webb From Cancellation Fails
Schiff Amendment to Provide FY 2012 Funding for James Webb Space Telescope Rejected “The full House Appropriations Committee had been meeting for almost 3 1/2 hours yesterday when Rep. Adam […]
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Save Webb Campaign Begins (Update)
American Astronomical Society Statement on Proposed Cancellation of Webb Space Telescope “The American Astronomical Society calls upon all members of Congress to support JWST to its completion and to provide […]
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AAS Reaction to House Approps Action on JWST
American Astronomical Society Statement on the James Webb Space Telescope “The proposal released on July 6 by the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies to terminate […]
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JWST SRB: New Baseline Not Viable (Update)
Internal NASA GSFC Report: Weekly Input May 14, 2011- May 21, 2011 Submitted to Code 550 “JWST ISIM – Davila and Mehalick/551: The JWST Standing Review Board (SRB) outbrief to […]
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More Webb Problems
Keith’s note: Sources report that project management for the Webb Space Telescope’s OSIM (Optical SIMulator), over budget due to not meeting the BIA (Beam Image Analyzer) schedule, has decided to […]
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Webb Stifles Future Space Science Funding
Telescope debacle devours NASA funds, Florida Today “Alan Boss, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington who chairs NASA’s independent advisory committee on astronomy research, worries the […]
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Scolese: Webb Launch Could Slip to 2022-2024 (Updated)
Keith’s 19 May note: Industry sources report that Northrop Grumman will begin to layoff personnel working on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) next month for budgetary and scheduling reasons. […]
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Waiting Forever For Webb
NASA Chief Suggests JWST Won’t Launch before 2018, Space News “Last November, an independent review ordered by Mikulski and led by John Casani of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, concluded that […]
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NASA OIG on Webb and Recovery Act Funds
NASA OIG: NASA’s Use of Recovery Act Funding for the James Webb Space Telescope Project “Following multiple schedule delays and substantial cost growth, in 2009 the JWST Project received $75 […]