[meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope
Couldn't Congress divert a few billion dollars of this money to go where no man has gone before?: http://costofwar.com/en/ Probably not. --- Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope
Because it's based on expensive spy satellite technology! -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Yinan Wang Sent: 08 July 2011 08:07 To: Sterling K. Webb Cc: meteoritelist meteoritelist Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope Not to be critical of space development, but can someone give a basic cost breakdown of why this has cost $3,000,000,000.00 so far? -Yinan On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Sterling K. Webb wrote: > The JWST has turned into a long-term project, stretching > out its schedule to later and later launch dates. That is not > a bad thing because the project improves as it does so. The > loss of a year's funding needs to be partly reversed so that the > project and personnel can be maintained until the return > of funding. It wouldn't matter if it took an extra year to complete. > We're already three billion dollars into the job. Of course, > Congress could always simply throw that money away; they > ARE stupid enough. It's not like the SSC which we abandoned > after spending two billion (1993) dollars in it. > > Oh, wait! It is exactly like that. > > > Sterling K. Webb > -- > - Original Message - From: "Pete Pete" > To: "meteoritelist meteoritelist" > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 12:02 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope > > > > > > > > > Bummer! > > > > Does anyone have Bill Gates' phone number? > http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ > > http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ > > > > Canadian developed space telescope nixed by U.S. Congress > > By Amy Chung and Max Harrold > OTTAWA - Space researchers were reeling Thursday over a decision in the U.S. > Congress to axe funding for the James Webb Space Telescope - a Canadian and > European joint effort with NASA that would peer deeper into space. > > Canada has earmarked $147 million for the project. > > The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, > Justice and Science approved a yearly spending bill earlier in the day that > includes no money for the JWST - the successor to the Earth-orbiting Hubble > Telescope that was launched in 1990. > > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope
Not to be critical of space development, but can someone give a basic cost breakdown of why this has cost $3,000,000,000.00 so far? -Yinan On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Sterling K. Webb wrote: > The JWST has turned into a long-term project, stretching > out its schedule to later and later launch dates. That is not > a bad thing because the project improves as it does so. The > loss of a year's funding needs to be partly reversed so that the > project and personnel can be maintained until the return > of funding. It wouldn't matter if it took an extra year to complete. > We're already three billion dollars into the job. Of course, > Congress could always simply throw that money away; they > ARE stupid enough. It's not like the SSC which we abandoned > after spending two billion (1993) dollars in it. > > Oh, wait! It is exactly like that. > > > Sterling K. Webb > -- > - Original Message - From: "Pete Pete" > To: "meteoritelist meteoritelist" > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 12:02 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope > > > > > > > > > Bummer! > > > > Does anyone have Bill Gates' phone number? > http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ > > http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ > > > > Canadian developed space telescope nixed by U.S. Congress > > By Amy Chung and Max Harrold > OTTAWA — Space researchers were reeling Thursday over a decision in the U.S. > Congress to axe funding for the James Webb Space Telescope — a Canadian and > European joint effort with NASA that would peer deeper into space. > > Canada has earmarked $147 million for the project. > > The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, > Justice and Science approved a yearly spending bill earlier in the day that > includes no money for the JWST — the successor to the Earth-orbiting Hubble > Telescope that was launched in 1990. > > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope
The JWST has turned into a long-term project, stretching out its schedule to later and later launch dates. That is not a bad thing because the project improves as it does so. The loss of a year's funding needs to be partly reversed so that the project and personnel can be maintained until the return of funding. It wouldn't matter if it took an extra year to complete. We're already three billion dollars into the job. Of course, Congress could always simply throw that money away; they ARE stupid enough. It's not like the SSC which we abandoned after spending two billion (1993) dollars in it. Oh, wait! It is exactly like that. Sterling K. Webb -- - Original Message - From: "Pete Pete" To: "meteoritelist meteoritelist" Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 12:02 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope Bummer! Does anyone have Bill Gates' phone number? http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ Canadian developed space telescope nixed by U.S. Congress By Amy Chung and Max Harrold OTTAWA — Space researchers were reeling Thursday over a decision in the U.S. Congress to axe funding for the James Webb Space Telescope — a Canadian and European joint effort with NASA that would peer deeper into space. Canada has earmarked $147 million for the project. The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science approved a yearly spending bill earlier in the day that includes no money for the JWST — the successor to the Earth-orbiting Hubble Telescope that was launched in 1990. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope
The Planetary Society's view: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/3091/ patrick On 07 Jul 2011, at 23:02, Pete Pete wrote: > Bummer! > > > > Does anyone have Bill Gates' phone number? > http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ > > http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ > > > > Canadian developed space telescope nixed by U.S. Congress > > By Amy Chung and Max Harrold > OTTAWA — Space researchers were reeling Thursday over a decision in the U.S. > Congress to axe funding for the James Webb Space Telescope — a Canadian and > European joint effort with NASA that would peer deeper into space. > > Canada has earmarked $147 million for the project. > > The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, > Justice and Science approved a yearly spending bill earlier in the day that > includes no money for the JWST — the successor to the Earth-orbiting Hubble > Telescope that was launched in 1990. > > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT James Webb Space Telescope
Bummer! Does anyone have Bill Gates' phone number? http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/ Canadian developed space telescope nixed by U.S. Congress By Amy Chung and Max Harrold OTTAWA — Space researchers were reeling Thursday over a decision in the U.S. Congress to axe funding for the James Webb Space Telescope — a Canadian and European joint effort with NASA that would peer deeper into space. Canada has earmarked $147 million for the project. The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science approved a yearly spending bill earlier in the day that includes no money for the JWST — the successor to the Earth-orbiting Hubble Telescope that was launched in 1990. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
