JWST has cost 10 billion
Lets put some persepective here
That money has been spent building and testing the thing over the past 15 years(the actual materials cost is bugger all.. the expense is eaten by the testing)
And yet in that time the US defence department has recieved enough money in each one of those year to build SEVENTY telescopes.
70 per year for 15 years... let that sink in.
And before the "we need to defend ourselves" types start up.... in a war of USA vs rest of the world(non nuclear) and each side traded ships/tanks/aircraft 1 for 1 the US would win.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
