It is very possible that the research and development cost was much larger than the production cost of the duplicates. In this way the scientific funding is sti

It is very possible that the research and development cost was much larger than the production cost of the duplicates. In this way the scientific funding is still being used to ‘hide’ defence funding. Externally it looks like most of the money went to science applications but that science was necessary for the production of the non-Hubble telescopes.