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Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: US taxpayers to cough up $8 billion for a telescope Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:28 am | |
| Nasa says it will now cost $8.7bn to launch the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018 and operate it for five years.
The assessment - some $2bn higher than previous estimates - has emerged from documents sent to the US Congress.
James Webb is regarded as the successor to Hubble and will carry technologies capable of detecting the light from the first stars to shine in the Universe.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14625362 |
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