They state that the error in the mirror if you enlarged to to the size of the earth would not be any higher than 6 inches. http://www.scienceclarified.com/scit

They state that the error in the mirror if you enlarged to to the size of the earth would not be any higher than 6 inches. http://www.scienceclarified.com/scitech/Telescopes/Hubble.html http://www.scienceclarified.com/scitech/Telescopes/Hubble.ht... is a great article on it. Since this all happened in my area I was always interested. The fix of the mirror is one of the greatest feats I have ever read. They weren't sure how much could be fixed. It ended up being better than anyone could ever expect.