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Jul. 15, 2011
Funding For James Webb Space Telescope In Jeopardy
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| A bill approved by the House Committee on Appropriations cuts funding for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2012. (The bill has not yet been approved by the full House and Senate). Ira Flatow and guests discuss the status of the telescope and what happens if funding is cut. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Michael Turner
Director and Rauner Distinguished Service Professor
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois -
Ron Cowen
Freelance Writer
Washington DC
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