Threat of James Webb Space Telescope cancellation rattles astronomy community

Threat of James Webb Space Telescope cancellation rattles astronomy community

via Scientific American - Technology on 7/7/11

As NASA prepares to wrap up its shuttle program , leaving open questions about what comes next for U.S. human spaceflight, the next big thing in NASA's astronomy program has been dealt a blow. The James Webb Space Telescope , a tennis court–size spacecraft that would take up a position in deep space to peer farther than ever into the cosmos, has been in development as a replacement for and successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, which has already logged 21 years in orbit. But the House Appropriations Committee, in a bill announced July 6, proposed axing the project entirely this week , citing mismanagement and bad budgeting. [More]

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