Nothing To Hide on James Webb Space Telescope

摘要

The latest of the U.S. Government Accountability Office's annual status reports on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope served as another reminder that the long-troubled project, which was reset in 2011, still faces a number of technical challenges, most if not all of which have previously been identified. And then there was this little nugget: JWST prime contractor Northrop Grumman Aerospace denied a GAO request to interview 30 technical experts responsible for individual JWST program elements unless a supervisor was present. That revelation was buried in the middle of the 19-page report but came up during a March 24 hearing on NASA's astronomy flagship, the designated successor to the groundbreaking Hubble Space Telescope.