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The universe in a mirror : the saga of the Hubble Telescope and the visionaries who built it

"The Universe in a Mirror" describes the heated battles between scientists and bureaucrats, the perseverance of astronauts to repair and maintain the telescope, and more
eBook, English, ©2008
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, ©2008
History
1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : illustrations (some color)
9781400834761, 1400834767
857081562
Foggy vision
Slow start
Getting money
Building it
Saving it
"New phenomena not yet imagined"
Abandonment
The lure of the unknown
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