MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-160NASA HOLDS TELECONFERENCE ABOUT SPACE TELESCOPE REVIEW REPORT{snip}Copies of the report will be available at 5 p.m. at: http://www.nasa.gov/reports
The James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble, is among those programs. Obama wants to cut $64 million from the program, which an independent group of experts found to have a "fundamentally broken estimate of cost and schedule."
Quote "fundamentally broken estimate of cost and schedule."So much for inspiration....
"fundamentally broken estimate of cost and schedule."
$64 million has been proposed to cut from the program:QuoteThe James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble, is among those programs. Obama wants to cut $64 million from the program, which an independent group of experts found to have a "fundamentally broken estimate of cost and schedule."So much for inspiration....http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/14/news/economy/wacky_budget_cuts/index.htm?hpt=T2
Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 02/14/2011 08:56 pmQuote "fundamentally broken estimate of cost and schedule."So much for inspiration....Actually it's a GREAT inspiration to come to the table with accurate budget estimates and a good management team.
Quote from: rdale on 02/14/2011 09:35 pmQuote from: Ronsmytheiii on 02/14/2011 08:56 pmQuote "fundamentally broken estimate of cost and schedule."So much for inspiration....Actually it's a GREAT inspiration to come to the table with accurate budget estimates and a good management team.It's a conundrum. When you are building the first of something, and you have to invent some of the technology to do it, you might want to take a good budget estimate and multiply it by pi. But if you do that at the beginning of the program, you won't get funded. Tough problem.
NASA Budget Bill Would Cancel Webb TelescopeWASHINGTON — The House appropriations panel that oversees NASA unveiled a 2012 spending bill July 6 that would pull the plug on the budget-busting James Webb Space Telescope as part of a broader $1.6 billion cut that would roll back spending on the nation’s civil space program to pre-2008 levels.>
This is truly insane, and far more short-sighted than the shuttle retirement (without first flying a replacement).
If money is a problem, lets trim some of the 700+ billion dollars that the feds pour into the bloated military.
Quote from: big_gazza on 07/07/2011 10:56 amThis is truly insane, and far more short-sighted than the shuttle retirement (without first flying a replacement).How do you propose to put a stop to budget busting if you continually bail out those who bust the budget (and therefore penalize those programs which propose realistic budgets from the start and aren't selected)?
This is truly insane, and far more short-sighted than the shuttle retirement (without first flying a replacement). If money is a problem, lets trim some of the 700+ billion dollars that the feds pour into the bloated military.
Quote from: big_gazza on 07/07/2011 10:56 amThis is truly insane, and far more short-sighted than the shuttle retirement (without first flying a replacement). If money is a problem, lets trim some of the 700+ billion dollars that the feds pour into the bloated military.Please keep in mind the military is involved in conflicts. Give the people involved some respect as they are putting their lives on the line.If your serious about cutting push for cutting Libya interests.