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That’s not true, the bus and mirror will be used by WFIRST: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Field_Infrared_Survey_Telescope https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki
by ngoldbaum 6y ago
That’s not true, the bus and mirror will be used by WFIRST: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Field_Infrared_Survey_Telescope https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Field_Infrared_Survey_T...
- dsl 6y agoWFIRST-AFTA keeps getting budget, and that budget keeps getting diverted to the James Webb Space Telescope. Two years ago they issued the first production contracts, targeting a delivery date of 2025. Now we are looking at putting 50 year old parts in to space, at best.