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Science 2 September 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5740, p. 1472
DOI: 10.1126/science.309.5740.1472a
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SPACE-BASED ASTRONOMY:
Scientists Scramble to Curb Webb Overruns

Andrew Lawler

NASA plans to reduce the sensitivity of the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope to beat back rising costs that threaten to overwhelm the project. But despite a wealth of suggestions from scientists on how to cut costs, the agency likely will still face a shortfall of more than $500 million of the $3.5 billion needed to build, launch, and operate the James Webb Space Telescope.

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