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Re:Just another Apollo? Part two (2005) by wolverine876 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:05PM (#31745305)
> a decent $500m telescope with a moderate but not particularly ambitious scope

So says someone on the Internet. We can make whatever claims we want if we don't have to back them up. That's the point of the JWST: gather evidence to back up claims.

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Re:Just another Apollo? Part two (2005) by thrown_22 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @07:00PM (#31747056)
>That's the point of the JWST: gather evidence to back up claims.

The original cost of James Webb was meant to be $500m and it was meant to launch in 2007.

The actual cost was $9.7b and it launched in 2021 and still isn't fully operational.

We don't know how to build things any more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope#Cos...

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Re:Just another Apollo? Part two (2005) by wolverine876 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:29PM (#31757200)
We built it - do you mean our budgeting isn't very good? Was it better before? Were NASA programs on budget historically?
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