The new projection has it slated for completion by 2013.
The new projections, though very different from our last figures, are conservative in one sense.
There is no guarantee that the new projection will be more accurate than the old one.
The study then released new projections for the 10 year period which included 30,000 jobs created and a $7.6 Billion economic impact.
But new projections show a much larger deficit - almost $100 billion more than previously thought.
The new projection was based on a line running along the ground over which the spacecraft passed.
That figure is more or less unchanged under the new fiscal projections.
The new projections, however, describe a very gradual drop - only 3 percent, and over 42 years.
According to the new projection, electricity prices will drop 1 percent a year as a result of competition.
The original estimate was 1997; the new projection is 1999.