As a result, some new projects at NASA are planned to launch later than anticipated, at least in part, because of other projects’ cost overruns. In 2013, NASA reallocated funding from four science divisions to cover half of an additional $1.4 billion needed by the JWST project.
For example, when projects exhaust their available funding, that limits NASA’s ability to fund other missions or start new ones. Methyl cation was detected in a young star system. Known as methyl cation (pronounced cat-eye-on) (CH 3+ ), the molecule is important because it aids the formation of more complex carbon-based molecules. These cost overruns can have a cascading effect on NASA’s ability to manage its major programs. A team of international scientists has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to detect a new carbon compound in space for the first time.
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Our recent NASA Quick Look report assesses NASA’s portfolio of major acquisition programs, and found that JWST was one of the primary drivers of delay and cost overruns for its entire portfolio in recent years.
NASA faced a number of technology and testing challenges during its development of the JWST, which not only delayed its launch, but also significantly increased costs. Lesson one: manage large project costs to limit cascading effects on others
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