Astronomy / Space Webb Space Telescope pushed back again, won’t launch until 2021

[Zak Gordon]

https://arstechnica.com/science/201...ope-pushed-back-again-wont-launch-until-2021/

Today, NASA announced that it accepted the findings and recommendations of an independent review of progress toward the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, intended to be NASA's next great observatory. As a result of some changed procedures and reigning in some unjustified schedule optimism, the changes will mean that Webb won't be launched until March of 2021, a delay that will tack on $800 million to the telescope's $8 billion price tag.

This is pretty bad. It should get the funding, but the delay is frustrating.

 

[Manticore]

Yes. This is a bummer of major proportions.