The History of Hubble

Before they could even really start selling what was to be called the large space telescope, or large orbit orbital telescope at the time, starting in the 19 sixties or seventies, they had to first convince the other astronomers that it was worth doing. And so there's a definite effort to bring on board some of the leading ground base astronomers. A key figure, for example, was some one who died a few years ago, allan sandige, who was an extremely prominent figure. He was invited to meetings involving the planning for what eventually becomes called hubball. So it's a definite attempt to establish a broad base of support, and it takes time. Because it's going to be