Regarding “Telescope project expenses are out of sight” (Page A3, Friday), if you want to understand why NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is 14 years behind schedule and more than $8 billion over its original $500 million price tag, you need look no further than the fact that when contractor Northrop Grumman started missing deadlines as far back as 2007, NASA simply requested more and more money, and got it.
As with many NASA projects, the James Webb Space Telescope was grossly underbid, and was literally born too big to fail. And the only thing that is absolutely certain about its fate is that come the new deadline of 2021, it still won't be done.
Pete Smith, Cypress
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