Keith’s note: As much as I loathe the overuse of the word “awesome” by Gen Y, the NASA Advisory Council took an informal vote during lunch break and asked me […]
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Posted inISS News
Shuttle Launch Preps – No Money? No Problem.
NASA gives go-ahead for additional shuttle flight, AP “NASA doesn’t know yet where it will get the money, but on Thursday the space agency officially added another space shuttle launch […]
Posted inAstronomy
Webb Cost Overruns May Kill Wfirst Mission
Quest for Dark Energy May Fade to Black, NY Times “An ambitious $1.6 billion spacecraft that would investigate the mysterious force that is apparently accelerating the expansion of the universe […]
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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 […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
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 […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
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 […]
Posted inAstronomy
Webb Troubles Continue
Telescope promises new look at universe — if NASA can get it into space, Orlando Sentinel “When it works, and if it works, the James Webb Space Telescope could revolutionize […]
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Webb Team Has CR Worries
Keith’s note: Word has it that there are big worries at NASA and Northrop Grumman with regard to Webb Space Telescope. If NASA ends up operating under a Continuing Resolution […]