# So was the James Webb Space Telescope a top secret project or what? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-the-james-webb-space-telescope-a-top-secret-project-or-what/1022166 "2025-08-17T19:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-the-james-webb-space-telescope-a-top-secret-project-or-what/1022166/2 "2025-08-17T19:12:08Z")
I remember reading articles about the Hubble replacement being built. I’m going to search the SDMB archive also to see how long before 2021 it was mentioned. **From 2007** : [Technical Article on the James Webb Telescope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-article-on-the-james-webb-telescope/407624) **2014** : [How many planets can the James Webb telescope analyze for life in one day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planets-can-the-james-webb-telescope-analyze-for-life-in-one-day/705477) **2005** : [NASA can really suck sometimes - #18 by RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-can-really-suck-sometimes/286062/18) **2005** : [White House to Hubble..So long..it's been nice. - #17 by Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-to-hubble-so-long-its-been-nice/286363/17) **2020** : [NASA Space telescope 10 years late and $9 billion over budget (and counting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-space-telescope-10-years-late-and-9-billion-over-budget-and-counting/855484) & [Cost overruns.... - #3 by Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-overruns/854234/3) This is not all of them, just the first 6 I found. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-the-james-webb-space-telescope-a-top-secret-project-or-what/1022166)._