This chapter describes the author's experience of launching Hubble space telescope with a flawed mirror and learning that a flawed social context was the root cause. As NASA's director for astrophysics, the author's role was to provide quick recommendations if major problems occurred during the launch and deployment. After a textbook launch, the telescope deployed, powered up, and communicated with the ground just as the author and his team had planned. The chapter presents the interesting Hubble story that how would the telescope work, explains the hurdles in its construction, and problems find out by the failure review board.


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    Title :

    Think You Can Ignore Context? Hubble's Flawed Mirror Might Wake You Up


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    Publication date :

    2012-01-02


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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