Is the next big thing too big?

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The cost of the James Webb Space Telescope could cripple US astronomy as the budgetary space in which it is expanding is shrinking and money once slated for science is being diverted to the space shuttle, the International Space Station and plans for future manned exploration. One thing everyone agrees on is that if it works as advertised, the Webb telescope will be a fantastic machine and its 25-square-metre mirror will be biggest found at any observatory in the world.

Government expenditures, Financial management, Space Research and Technology, Natl Aeronautics & Space Admin, Finance, Outer space, Space exploration, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Astronomical research, Company financing, Government finance, James Webb Space Telescope (Artificial satellite)

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Watchdogs call academies to account over conflicts of interest

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The National Academy of Sciences has changed the composition of an expert panel following charges of conflict of interest from environmental watchdogs. The academy and its sister organizations, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, perform about 250 studies a year for the federal government, assembling panels of experts to provide neutral advice on scientific and technical issues.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Political organizations, Environmental Protection Groups, Management dynamics, Natl Academy of Sciences, Management, Environmental associations, Company business management, National Academy of Sciences

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Prospects brighten around the red planet

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The two rovers on Mars had transmitted spectacular photographs and spectral data from the martian orbit. The significant results from a combined camera and infrared spectrometer reveals a direct detection of water ice and carbon dioxide ice in the planet's south polar cap.

Strategy & planning, Planning, Mars (Planet), Mars probes, Company business planning

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