Space Policy Edition: JWST and the politics of mega-science (with Robert Smith)
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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The Lesson From Hubble?
It seems like nassa was really learning from the experience with the hubble. I felt that when the again, they went back and asked for more money at the very end to finish it. The symbolic value of a failed mission is way more consequential, in a negative sense, to nassa than asking for another billion dollars. So s always going to be worth trying to take the smaller political hit for the money.
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