James Webb telescope. Technology hurdles too much? Delayed anotheryear to 2021.

Costs could kill it too. Remember the SSC in Texas? Would have been producing far more power than the European LHC YEARS before. But they killed it part-way into the project.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44631661

On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 6:48:50 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
Remember the SSC in Texas? Would have been producing far more power than the
European LHC YEARS before. But they killed it part-way into the project.

Well, the reason for *that* is obvious. As soon as they actually started
building it somewhere, all the Congressmen who only voted for it because they
hoped to have it built in _their_ district started voting against it.

This is why the Umited States can't have major science projects that can't be
either paid for out of petty cash, or farmed out to collaborating scientists in
at least 26 out of the 50 states any more.

John Savard

On Friday, 29 June 2018 03:49:44 UTC+2, Quadibloc wrote:
On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 6:48:50 PM UTC-6, RichA wrote:
Remember the SSC in Texas? Would have been producing far more power than the
European LHC YEARS before. But they killed it part-way into the project.

Well, the reason for *that* is obvious. As soon as they actually started
building it somewhere, all the Congressmen who only voted for it because they
hoped to have it built in _their_ district started voting against it.


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This is why the Umited [Qué?] States can't have major science projects that can't be
either paid for out of petty cash, or farmed out to collaborating scientists in
at least 26 out of the 50 states [they own] any more. ;-)

John Savard

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