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Originally Posted by multiweb
Even if we did who cares. Can't put a price on awesome science. We already spend enough time and money developing better means of killing each other and nobody cares 
Go Webb! Can't wait to see first light of big aperture in the cold vacuum. |
Well if you really do care about awesome science you should care about delays and cost overruns. NASA has a finite budget, way smaller than the military, so any cost overruns and delays affects the funding for future projects/missions plus NASA's reputation. Congress scrutinizes NASA's budget more closely than the military and looks for excuses to cut their funding. NASA's future and reputation is on the line with this project.