Hubble in 1990 meant trouble. The highly touted space telescope was designed to escape Earth’s blurry atmosphere to capture unparalleled visual images of the universe. But its creators were shocked to discover that it was cruelly nearsighted from a minuscule flaw. Enter NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labo
Mars Observer . Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech
Hubble in 1990 meant trouble. The highly touted space telescope was designed to escape Earth’s blurry atmosphere to capture unparalleled visual images of the universe. But its creators were shocked to discover that it was cruelly nearsighted from a minuscule flaw.scientists and engineers who offered up an ingenious solution to Hubble’s visual woes. But would it work?’s attention during the 1990s.
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