Northrop Grumman CEO's Evasive Webb Space Telescope Testimony

Rep. Smith then hammers @NorthropGrumman CEO Wes Bush again and again and again what their profit was. Bush will not answer. Smith hammers him again about his refusal to publicly state NG profit. Bush continues to refuse. Smith then abruptly ends the hearing. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 26, 2018

Rep. Smith asks @northropgrumman CEO Wes Bush again and again and again if anyone lost their jobs due to human errors on #JWST. He eventually answers "none". — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 26, 2018

Rohrabacher asks Wes Bush if @northropgrumman made a profit. Bush won't say how much. Rohrabacher asks again. Bush says "read the SEC reports" and won't' answer. Is it millions? "its a large number" Bush replies. pic.twitter.com/paTWCXbkXS — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 26, 2018

Rep Beyer wants to put #JWST life cycle cost of $9.66 billion in perspective of @NASA budget. Says this is 1% of NASA's budget (huh?) Wes Bush says @NorthropGrumman ambitions were set higher due to astronomy discoveries and vision for mission expanded. OK, so Science is at fault? — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 26, 2018

Smith says that he thinks that @NorthropGrumman should be willing to pay this $800 million #JWST cost itself and is not happy with Bush's response. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 26, 2018

Smith asks about $800 million in unplanned expenses and whether @NorthropGrumman will pay for that. Bush replies that this is a cost-plus contract and babbles. Smith asks again. Bush says that doing so would impede relationship with @NASA. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 26, 2018

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