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NASA's Big Telescope Avoids Death-by-Budget-Cut

Posted by samzenpus on from the saved-by-the-buck dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA's most ambitious and highly over-budget space projects, the James Webb Space Telescope has apparently been spared the budgetary axe. The US Senate Committee on Appropriations has approved about $530 million of NASA's $17.9 billion budget to 'enable a 2018 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.'"

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  1. If only by mywhitewolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only they renamed it to the "enduring freedom" telescope it would be much easier to get budget approval.