Handprints on Hubble – with Kathryn D Sullivan
Ri Science Podcast
How to Get the Mirrors Into the Middle of the Telescope
In 19 93, you see jeff hoffman riding the robotic arm like a cherry picker. His colleague, bot story musgrave, is getting some equipment ready. They're going to open up the big barn doors back here. The idea of how do you get the mirrors into the middle of the telescope came about when an engineer named jim crocker was in his shower in in his hotel room in Holland.
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