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Originally Posted by riklaunim
Or it's hard to send big scope into space... They could do some other missions for that money like probes to Uranus and Neptune (Cassini-like), or Europa orbiter and/or lander with a drill  |
They'd end up costing more than the JWST. In any case, they have an Europa mission already earmarked for later in the decade. Missions to Uranus and Neptune are a long way off at present and given the way these companies work, it'll cost NASA about $50-$100 billion for each of them. The whole system has gone completely bonkers.