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To be fair, Kodak made a sister mirror that wasn't chosen to go up, and when the issue on Hubble was found out, Kodak's mirror was found to be perfect.
by downrightmike 5y ago
To be fair, Kodak made a sister mirror that wasn't chosen to go up, and when the issue on Hubble was found out, Kodak's mirror was found to be perfect.
- eckmLJE 5y agoGreat tidbit -- found this in the NYT archive (likely paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/18/us/hubble-has-backup-mirror-unused.html https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/18/us/hubble-has-backup-mirr...
- jcims 5y agoIt's fun to think that there is a bullet list of directions that would take me from where I'm typing this comment to standing in front of that exact mirror.
- chiefgeek 5y agoI worked in the Commercial and Govt Systems group at Kodak in the mid 90s and took a class on image compression from two guys who were part of the team that figured out how to mathematically correct the early, flawed Hubble images. Was really cool!