The Space Telescope: A Study of Nasa, Science, Technology, and Politics
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Robert Smith's The Space Telescope sets the fascinating and disturbing history of this massive venture within the context of 'Big Science'. Launched at a cost of no more than $2 billion, the Space Telescope turned out to be seriously flawed by imperfections in the construction of its lenses and by solar panels that caused it to shudder when moving from daylight to darkness. Smith analyses how the processes of Big Science, especially those involving...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521266343
ISBN13:9780521266345
Release Date:October 1989
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:496 Pages
Weight:2.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 7.3" x 10.3"
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What a big project got to go through
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
If you thought they just build the Hubble Space Telescope and launched it, you're wrong. This book let you see what all such projects got to go through from the first bright idea and to the actual launch of an earth orbiting space vehicle. Sander Elvik, aerospace engineering student
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