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Originally Posted by astroron
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Hi Ron,
Thanks for the heads-up and good news indeed. JWST is certainly shaping up
to be the telescope everyone will be talking about in the years to come.
There is a rider at the bottom of the article that reads -
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NOTE: While the JWST program has been specifically included in today’s markup, the bill itself still needs to be approved by the full appropriations committee and then go to the Senate floor for a vote. It then must be reconciled with the House version before receiving final appropriation. Still, this is definitely one step closer to getting the JWST off the ground!
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With the current relative strength of the the Australian economy, I suspect it is hard
for many of us on this side of the pond to fully appreciate the dimensions of the
downturn in the US economy and the much higher rates of unemployment they
have been enduring. But in the face of that, finding the national will to take on a
project as big, complex, ambitious and expensive as this is the very sort of thing
that seems to be ingrained in American culture. There are people who Think Big
and then there is everyone else. And projects such as this show America still
has no shortage of people who aren't afraid to Think Big.
Astronomy enthusiasts will be excited to see this scope in operation and providing us with
that constant diet of amazing new stuff about the universe that we have all gotten
so use to from scopes such as the Hubble.
Thanks again for the link to this good news story.