OTOH, they also influenced it in many good ways that you don't hear about. E.g., my astronomy professor mentioned to me in a conversation that the original des

OTOH, they also influenced it in many good ways that you don't hear about. E.g., my astronomy professor mentioned to me in a conversation that the original design for the Hubble was smaller due to expected budget, but that it got up-sized because it turned out that they could piggy-back off of other relevant military development, and iirc, that went beyond just the larger available size of the shuttle bay.