There was a lot of criticism of the cost of the Hubble program in the beginning and then then mirrors failed after it was initally placed in orbit, turning Hubb

There was a lot of criticism of the cost of the Hubble program in the beginning and then then mirrors failed after it was initally placed in orbit, turning Hubble into a national joke. NASA and Congress seriously considered abandoning Hubble then and a couple more times in the last two decades. https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/04/23/fixing-hubbles-blurry-vision/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/04/23/fixing-hubbles-blurry-...