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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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