On 11/22/11, Steve Fisher <iotacass1@hotmail.com> wrote:
I have seen this news clip on several websites and have not heard about it here on Utah Astronomy inspite of all the talk we have had about it and the speaker at our SLAS meeting. All things are still subject to change but for now it looks as though this program is fully funded. What are your thoughts?
http://techie-buzz.com/science/james-webb-space-telescope-gets-funding.html
Well it's not quite the done deal that this piece makes it out to be. Karri Ferron has an informative blog post on the Astronomy web site that breaks down next year's funding in a nutshell. http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/blogs/astronomy/archive/2011/11/21/nasa-budget... Seems just about every program took a hit, and Webb is still subject to cuts and cancellation every year up until it's actually off the launch pad, like any other mission.