Lamar Smith: “If we focus on smart priorities, the investments we make today will improve the future of transportation.”

Now that the Independent Review Board has completed its work, we should review the decades-long JWST cost overruns and schedule delays.

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.

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…

I support the continuation of JWST to mission completion and appreciate Administrator Bridenstine's efforts to improve contractor performance.