Congress destroys Northrop Grumman CEO over stupid mistakes on the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is progressing nicely. Just kidding! It's actually a total disaster of epic proportions that has outpaced its proposed budgets so many times that it's laughable. The project was originally scheduled to end with a launch planned for 2007 and a price tag of around $500 million. It's now (barely) on track for a 2021 launch with a total cost of nearly $10 billion. This is thanks in large part to Northrop Grumman, the company that is building the thing. The company has ...