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JWST facing potential cuts to its operational budget (spacenews.com)
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[–] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 weeks ago

telescope is late to make sure it is good

inflation happens during delay

original budget estimates for operations are now too low due to inflation

the entire budget is 1/4000 the military budget, but instead of shoring up this rounding error to make sure that one of our country's most impressive engineering feats stays usable, we could always just throw it out to bomb more brown kids.

Sane and rational country.