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by avaldes 1651 days ago
Given that price tag, what would be the political backlash against NASA if the JWST fails? Would that be enough to cancel other projects for good?
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I sure hope not.

The price tag, ~$6 billion over 15 years and and expected life of 10 years, it's really not that much money in the grand scheme of government expenses.

We dump $700 billion every year into tanks and planes the military doesn't even want. A one time investment in potentially getting a glimpse into the origins of the universe seems so minuscule in comparison.

Given the R+D investment, could they just build and launch another one?