It's almost ready...again.
It will not launch in 2018, but will (hopefully) lift off in 2019.
Nothing is guaranteed; any rocket can explode; provided it gets "out there" deploying the telescope will be a delicate matter; oh yeah, if anything goes wrong there is no plan/budget or support to fix it (yet).
All that aside, this will let us see further, better and more than anything else we have ever done
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...o-big-to-fail/
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