JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
Integration and Test Challenges Have Delayed Launch and Threaten to Push Costs Over Cap
Business & Finance, Accounting, Governmental
| Author: | Hugues Dumont | ISBN: | 1230002219981 |
| Publisher: | Hugues DUMONT | Publication: | March 17, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hugues Dumont |
| ISBN: | 1230002219981 |
| Publisher: | Hugues DUMONT |
| Publication: | March 17, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
JWST, a large, deployable telescope intended to be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, is one of NASA’s most complex and expensive projects, at an anticipated cost of $8.8 billion. Congress set an $8 billion JWST development cost cap in 2011, and the remaining $837 million is for its operations costs. JWST is intended to revolutionize our understanding of star and planet formation and advance the search for the origins of our universe. With significant integration and testing planned for the remaining period until launch, the JWST project will still need to address many challenges during the remainder of integration and testing...
JWST, a large, deployable telescope intended to be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, is one of NASA’s most complex and expensive projects, at an anticipated cost of $8.8 billion. Congress set an $8 billion JWST development cost cap in 2011, and the remaining $837 million is for its operations costs. JWST is intended to revolutionize our understanding of star and planet formation and advance the search for the origins of our universe. With significant integration and testing planned for the remaining period until launch, the JWST project will still need to address many challenges during the remainder of integration and testing...
