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I'm impressed by the meticulous detail here, but I still have to believe that if the original goal was to build 10 of these, (one every 2 years) and accept a 60
by justrealist 3y ago
I'm impressed by the meticulous detail here, but I still have to believe that if the original goal was to build 10 of these, (one every 2 years) and accept a 60% fail rate for each, we'd have gotten more telescopes for the same money in the end.
- OrvalWintermute 3y agoI don't believe Science Mission Directorate (SMD), which funds science related missions that JPL and GSFC compete for, has ever been so flush with cash as to be able to develop a JWST constellation of that size. We'd prolly need to raid the HEO budget and kill off some too-big-to-fail-missions in Texas to get the money for that....