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    1 year ago

    And here we go again. Another Shuttle, another SLS, another JWST.

    Except this one has a fixed-by-physics deadline. Just maybe this time failure actually will be an option and the massive budgetary black hole will get plugged before it devours too much other useful science.

    Edit: crap, it may already be too late. From the article:

    Moreover, the reviewers said canceling Mars Sample Return would not free up billions of dollars for other planetary science missions.