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originally posted by: TEOTWAWKIAIFF
Geezus NASA! Get your satellite together...
NASA announced Wednesday that the James Webb Space Telescope will now fly no earlier than 2021. The delay means the observatory's overall cost is now expected to reach nearly $10 billion.
originally posted by: TEOTWAWKIAIFF
a reply to: Last TEOT Update
Last we saw JWST the delay was 70% chance for May or June 2020.
Now, for latest breaking news...
NASA announced Wednesday that the James Webb Space Telescope will now fly no earlier than 2021. The delay means the observatory's overall cost is now expected to reach nearly $10 billion.
phys.org, June 27, 2018 - More delay, cost for NASA's next-generation space telescope.
It is like college all over again! The worst six years of my life!! I didn't even get a degree.
originally posted by: TEOTWAWKIAIFF
After launch, they have to move it out to the Lagrange point, run a bunch of calibrations and systems tests, and then start the rounds of observations. IIRC, they planned for 12 - 16 months of that! Then if they are not rushing to publish, a good 6 months (min.) of data crunching. That would now put us at 2023? before pics show up.