>That's the point of the JWST: gather evidence to back up claims. The original cost of James Webb was meant to be $500m and it was meant to launch in 2007. Th

>That's the point of the JWST: gather evidence to back up claims. The original cost of James Webb was meant to be $500m and it was meant to launch in 2007. The actual cost was $9.7b and it launched in 2021 and still isn't fully operational. We don't know how to build things any more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope#Cost_and_schedule_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope#Cos...