Webb Space Telescope Drifts Toward 2020 Liftoff, Cost Cap Breach

Credit: NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) did not wait until after liftoff to confound its creators with new discoveries—vexing technical issues that have forced yet another launch delay and threaten to drive the long-troubled program over its congressionally mandated $8 billion cost cap. It is a...

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