It is truly staggering to behold how this space telescope's cost and schedule projections went from costing the same as a space shuttle mission--around half-a-billion dollars with an original launch date in 2007--to now becoming an expenditure exceeding $9 billion with a new launch goal in March 2021.
Smith highlights the dramatic increase in cost and delay of the JWST project.
Share & report
More from Lamar Smith
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Rohrabacher), who has been a longtime and active member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and also the former vice chairman of the committee.
Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Shuster for yielding, and I congratulate him on successfully advancing a 5-year FAA reauthorization. H.R. 302 includes the Science Committee's research and development title, the FLIGHT R&D Act. Title 7…
The research done at Department of Energy national laboratories is vital to increasing the fossil fuels' efficiency and reducing environmental impacts.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), who is the vice chairman of the Research and Technology Subcommittee of the Science Committee.
Other voices in this conversation
