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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by neatze on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @09:53AM (#30072380)
What are you talking about Webb was build by contracting defense contractors, like for example Northrop Grumman (primary contractor if not mistaken) and Lockheed Martin who also build F-35, there is YouTube video where Lockheed does presentation about Webb telescope project complexity.
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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by mturmon on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:06AM (#30073408)
It’s true that Northrop Grumman was the prime contractor. You don’t want to keep all the skills to build this, and all the manufacturing steps, in-house.

But the project leadership and key pieces of the design were at GSFC and JPL.

Full list: https://webb.nasa.gov/content/meetTheTeam/team.html

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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by GlenTheMachine on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @04:48PM (#30078576)
Every large project is built by multiple partners. But in this case, the overall design and systems engineering was done by NASA/Goddard. Claiming otherwise is like saying that Foxconn makes iPads, not Apple.
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