NASA Approves Development of Universe-Studying, Planet-Finding Mission “The FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act funds the WFIRST program through September 2020. The FY2021 budget request proposes to terminate funding for the WFIRST […]
Wfirst
Posted inAstronomy
White House Wants To Kill WFIRST – Again
NASA Agency Budget Fact sheet “The Budget proposes to terminate the WFIRST mission and instead focus on completing the delayed James Webb Space Telescope. The Budget also proposes to terminate […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
WFIRST Report Released
WFIRST Independent External Technical/Management/Cost Review (WIETR), NASA “This report responds to the questions asked in the Terms of Reference (TOR) that established the WIETR and includes recommendations and options for […]
Posted inAstronomy
NASA Decides To Reduce Cost/Complexity of WFIRST
NASA Internal Memo: Next Steps for WFIRST Program “I have reviewed the findings of the independent review team and have accepted them. As a result, I believe reductions in scope […]
Posted inAstronomy
Is WFIRST Learning The Wrong Lessons From JWST?
NASA’s Dark-Energy Probe Faces Cost Crisis, Scientific American “Above all, the agency wants to keep WFIRST from following the path of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a successor to […]
Posted inAstronomy
How Much Will the Free NRO Space Telescopes Cost?
The telescopes that came in from the cold, Nature “Some astronomers, however, are questioning whether the value of the free hardware– each NRO telescope is worth at least US$250 million– […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
NRC to NASA: Euclid is Not WFIRST
Report Endorses NASA’s Proposed Contribution to Euclid Mission “A new National Research Council report responds to a request from NASA to evaluate this possible U.S. contribution to Euclid and concludes […]
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 […]