[I-Hate-Hulse]

The Webb Telescope could be phenomenal. But will it ever make it off the ground?

the House Appropriations Committee, in a bill announced July 6, proposed axing the project entirely this week, citing mismanagement and bad budgeting.

The bill, which would cut $1.6 billion, or about 9 percent, from NASA's overall budget, would have to clear the full House and gain Senate approval before becoming law.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/bl...cop-2011-07-07