The now infamous flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror was so small that it could be measured as 1/50th the thickness of a single sheet of paper, yet it threatened America's dominance in space exploration, invited Congressional scorn and spurred massive budget overruns.
Yet for all the investigation and recrimination that followed its discovery, no one could have predicted the true reason behind the mistake, which was alarmingly simple, like a pair of eyeglasses perfectly matched to the wrong prescription, says NASA's former director for astrophysics, Dr. Charles J. Pellerin.
The source, says Pellerin, who led the Hubble launch and the mission to fix it, was &…
Yet for all the investigation and recrimination that followed its discovery, no one could have predicted the true reason behind the mistake, which was alarmingly simple, like a pair of eyeglasses perfectly matched to the wrong prescription, says NASA's former director for astrophysics, Dr. Charles J. Pellerin.
The source, says Pellerin, who led the Hubble launch and the mission to fix it, was &…
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