Sec. 2634. 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 great potential 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 relating to the development of the James Webb Space Telescope in making decisions regarding the scope of and the technologies needed for future scientific missions; and in selecting future scientific missions, the Administrator should take into account the impact that large programs that overrun cost and schedule estimates may have on other NASA programs in earlier phases of development.
The Administrator shall continue— to closely track the cost and schedule performance of the James Webb Space Telescope project; and to improve the reliability of cost estimates and contractor performance data throughout the remaining development of the James Webb Space Telescope. Due to delays to the James Webb Space Telescope project resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic, the Administrator shall provide to Congress— an estimate of any increase to program development costs, if such costs are anticipated to exceed $8,802,700,000; and an estimate for a revised launch date.