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Looking through the recent Wall Street Journal A. Pasztor headlines that you've linked to, it seems Northrop Grumman has also been having production issues with
by Wile_E_Quixote 8y ago
Looking through the recent Wall Street Journal A. Pasztor headlines that you've linked to, it seems Northrop Grumman has also been having production issues with the James Webb Space Telescope satellite. Upon further search, I haven't yet seen any articles claiming that the issues are technical mistakes, only that they were "avoidable".
Not a great PR month for NG.
- rory096 8y agoThe most recent GAO report (for which Northrop resisted requests to interview project staff[0]), blamed Northrop in part for the delays, citing “a manufacturing error and manufacturing process mistakes.”[1] [0] http://spacenews.com/northrop-balks-at-agencys-request-to-interview-jwst-workers/ http://spacenews.com/northrop-balks-at-agencys-request-to-in... [1] http://spacenews.com/northrop-balks-at-agencys-request-to-interview-jwst-workers/ http://spacenews.com/northrop-balks-at-agencys-request-to-in...