Sec. 304. James Webb Space Telescope
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It is the sense of Congress that— the James Webb Space Telescope will be the next premier observatory in space and has a great potential to help to further scientific study and assist scientists in making new discoveries in the field of astronomy; the James Webb Space Telescope was developed as an ambitious project with a scope that was not fully defined at inception and with risk that was not fully known or understood; despite the major technology development and innovation that was needed to construct the James Webb Space Telescope, major negative impacts to the cost and schedule of the James Webb Space Telescope resulted from poor program management and poor contractor performance; the Administrator should take into account the lessons learned from the cost and schedule issues realized in developing the James Webb Space Telescope when making decisions regarding the scope of and the technologies needed for future scientific missions; the Administrator should take into account the impact large programs that overrun cost and schedule may have on other NASA programs in earlier phases of development when selecting future scientific missions; and the Administration should continue to develop the James Webb Space Telescope with a development cost (as defined in section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) of no more than $9,000,000,000 as estimated by the James Webb Space Telescope Independent Review Board report released in May 2018.
The Administrator shall continue— to closely observe the performance of the James Webb Space Telescope project; and to improve the reliability of cost estimates and contractor performance data throughout the development of the James Webb Space Telescope. The Administrator shall continue to develop the James Webb Space Telescope on a schedule to meet the objective of safely launching the James Webb Space Telescope before March 31, 2021.