Spacewatch: Nasa telescope launch – keep watching this space
Fresh delay to the James Webb Space Telescope, because of test results that need investigating, will bring the cost to $9.6bnThe ambitiousJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has a new launch date: March 2021. It had been planned for lift off in October this year, but has suffered numerous delays since the project began in 1996.Back then, its budget was forecast at $500m and the launch date was set for 2007. But the technical requirements for the mission were so challenging that delays started to mount and costs started to spiral.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Stuart Clark Tags: Space Science Nasa US news European Space Agency Source Type: news