Kind of related: In 2012, the NRO -- i.e. the US agency responsible for spy-satellites -- surprised NASA w/two brand-new Hubble-equivalent telescopes (in some w

Kind of related: In 2012, the NRO -- i.e. the US agency responsible for spy-satellites -- surprised NASA w/two brand-new Hubble-equivalent telescopes (in some ways better, actually) that it just happened to have lying around since the 90's or so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_Office_space_telescope_donation_to_NASA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_O... https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nasa-gets-military-spy-telescopes-for-astronomy/2012/06/04/gJQAsT6UDV_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nasa-... (Looks like NASA is getting to move forward on using this gift: https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/02/18/nasa-moves-forward-with-mission-using-spy-satellite-telescope/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/02/18/nasa-moves-forward-wit...)