James Webb Launch Still Up for Grabs

NASA managers say no decision has been made on a European offer to provide an Ariane 5 booster to launch the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), due to replace Hubble in 2011. U.S. industry reportedly is pressing the agency to employ an American launch vehicle, even though it doesn't have to for...

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