The employment and “moving science forward” are certainly not commensurate with the money pit that is F35.
How many JWST-scale projects could be funded with that money?
How many JWST-scale projects could be funded with that money?
For more fun facts, JWST has employed 1200 people in the world, F-35 has produced around 250,000 jobs.
So F-35 has produced more jobs per dollar than JWST so from that perspective it is a steal