Hmmm ..
I'm not sure about this .. found this (from the senate sub-committee press release):
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The bill includes… $5.1 billion for National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science, which includes the full $530 million needed for the James Webb Space Telescope to achieve a 2018 launch.
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.. does this mean that the $530mill has to come out of the $5.1 billion ?
If it does, it means some other project has to get the chop and all this is really about, is the sub-committe calling the shots on project priorities.
Elsewhere they say the total NASA budget is reduced:
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is funded at $17.9 billion, a reduction of $509 million or 2.8 percent from the FY2011 enacted level.
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I suppose overall, I'd prefer to see the JWST come first .. but the real question is: Do any other projects have to get the chop to fund the completion of the JWST ?
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