Where Oh Where Did All Of That Webb Money Go?

10 Sep 2002: https://t.co/2sTAndHJf3 "TRW also will be responsible for integrating the science instrument module into the spacecraft as well as performing the pre-flight testing and on-orbit checkout of the observatory."@NASA #JWST — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) June 27, 2018

FWIW @NorthropGrumman bought TRW 2 months earlier in July 2002 - so 100% of contractor performance responsibility for #JWST is on Northrop Grumman. But 100% of the responsibility for oversight of Northrop Grumman performance on #JWST is on @NASA #WhatAMess — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) June 27, 2018

10 Sep 2002: https://t.co/2sTAndq7Qt "The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled for launch in 2010 aboard an expendable launch vehicle." @NASA #JWST — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) June 27, 2018

10 Sep 2002: https://t.co/2sTAndHJf3 "Under the terms of the contract valued at $824.8 million, TRW will design and fabricate the observatory's primary mirror and spacecraft." @NASA #JWST — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) June 27, 2018

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