NASA Announces WFIRST As a New Space Observatory (blastingnews.com)

Posted by yaelk on Tuesday February 23, 2016 @07:47AM from the space-news dept.

MarkWhittington writes: While NASA has been touting the impending launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018, the space agency is already discussing the space observatory due to take off after that, WFIRST. WFIRST was adapted from a spare telescope from the National Reconnaissance Organization. WFRST is due to be launched in the mid-2020s, having evolved from a study to a full-fledged project. The telescope is estimated to cost $2 billion from now until the time it is launched and deployed.

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Dupe? by burtosis · 2016-02-23 08:00 · Score: 2

Either it's typical /. Editors or I haven't had enough coffee to compensate my alcohol use. link
WFIRST WPOST by davidwr · 2016-02-23 08:46 · Score: 2

Or WSEVENTH or WEIGHTH or WSOMESUCH.

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