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>What a shame there has been only one pointing outwards all these years. Let's not forget that initially it was considered a massive failure. There simply was
by 1970-01-01 2y ago
>What a shame there has been only one pointing outwards all these years.
Let's not forget that initially it was considered a massive failure. There simply was no way for NASA to build another in the 90s. What's truly remarkable is how the ROI went from unknown, to negative, and then was a massive long-term success.
- solarkraft 2y ago> Let's not forget that initially it was considered a massive failure Why was that? Were fewer discoveries made than hoped?
- xnorswap 2y agohttps://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/observatory/design/optics/hubbles-mirror-flaw/ https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/observatory/design/o...
- munchler 2y agoSpherical aberration in its primary mirror (and other issues) discovered shortly after launch. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/what-was-wrong-with-hubble-mirror-how-was-it-fixed https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/what-was-w...
- jessriedel 2y agoIt initially was a massive failure? They made a preventable mistake that cost ~$1B.
- dylan604 2y agoLet's not forget that NRO donated multiple Hubble level satellites. NASA had no budget to utilize them, so they were not used. Of course there were other logistics involved that made the "gifts" not so practical. However, the thing that gets me is that if the NRO was willing to donate these satellites tells me that they have better than Hubble quality imaging looking inwards and absolutely have multiple of them.
- consp 2y agoAren't they using one right now? [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telescope#Development_of_mission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telesc...
- dylan604 2y agoI guess you can say "using right now", but from your link: "October 2026 (contracted) – May 2027 (commitment)" So more like, in the works to use one of them. It does appear that it is beyond the planning to use stage. I did not see the word Boeing once in that link, so maybe they have an actual shot of hitting those dates.
- pkaye 2y agoThe Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one of them. They still had to change the optics for astronomical purposes.