Future of Telescopes

Most of you must be knowing about the The Hubble Telescope, it was a great invention in the history. But as the time is changing the technology is also advancing so to cope up with the time there is a need of new telescope which can enable a broad range of investigation across the field of astronomy and comology.

So, The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), previously known as Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) successor of The Hubble Telescope is a space observatory under construction and sheduled to launch in Octuber 2018. The JWST will offer unprecedented resolution and sensitivity from long-wavelength visible to the mid-infrared.

Right now, scientists and engineers are piecing Webb together, creating through cutting - edge technology an innovative observatory that not only withstand intense cold, but use it to its advantages.

The first realistic budget estimates were that the observatory would cost $1.6 billion and launch in 2011.  In 2011, the United States House of Representatives voted to terminate funding, after about $3 billion had been spent . Funding was restored in compromise legislation with the US Senate, and spending on the program was capped at $8 billion. NASA, ESA and CSA have collaborated on the telescope since 1996.

Participating Countries :- Austria, Germany, Portugal, US, UK, France, Spain , Italy, Sweden, Greece and many other.