From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Aug 26 2005 - 13:00:30 UTC
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>Subject: NEWSFLASH: New space telescope's vision under threat
>Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:29:25 -0500
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>NewScientistSpace.com - NEWSFLASH
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>Cost cuts likely to dim space telescope’s vision
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>The James Webb telescope, one of NASA's biggest science projects and
>Hubble's successor, is $1 billion over-budget – now many involved
>want to reduce its observing power.
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>The curtailed capability would result from polishing the telescope's
>mirrors only once instead of twice - saving $150 million. But some
>astronomers are concerned that the cuts could "jeopardise optical
>space astronomy in the next decade".
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>Read the full story here:
>http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn7908
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