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.
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With the Speaker's allowance and permission, we have another speaker on his way to the House floor who we expect to be here in another 30 seconds, so if I could talk slowly and go on for another 30 seconds, I think the gentleman from Texas…
With clear Congressional direction, strong White House leadership, and NASA's tremendous expertise, we have all the resources available to make significant progress in human space exploration.
I have further speakers, but I will yield to the ranking member if she has any speakers. I reserve the balance of my time.
Now that the Independent Review Board has completed its work, we should review the decades-long JWST cost overruns and schedule delays.
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