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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
This is getting ridiculous, starting to smell like Northrop needs to keep this project going as long as possible to keep people working.  Other than the Webb I think their only other work is the new stealth bomber? |
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most ambitious and complex astronomical project ever built. The difficulty of this project is that they cannot repair the the telescope once it is in space because it will be too far away.
The cost is outrageous but the results will be profound.