NASA Moves To Address Wfirst Cost, Mission Challenges

Credit: Artist's concept of Wfirst: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s multibillion-dollar Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (Wfirst) is undergoing a near-term, top-to-bottom cost/benefit analysis and a descoping of the technically challenging coronagraph. The moves follow a recently completed independent technical, management and cost assessment of...

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