Launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Delayed After “Incident”

https://scitechdaily.com ^ | NOVEMBER 23, 2021 | By NASA

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Development began in 1996 for a launch that was initially planned for 2007 and a US$500 million budget. The total cost is now projected to be around 10 billion. Reading about another delay made me giggle, as this whole project has siphoned away money from other research in astronomy.

Science has long ago shown there is no such thing as a perpetual motion machine but projects like the Webb Telescope demonstrate that Government spending is a perpetual waste machine

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