"Richard Isakson" wrote

HST means Hubble Space Telescope.

Duh! I should have caught that!

After the one point five billion dollar
Hubble was launched it was discovered that that it couldn't see the stars
very well.

Yep, I'm up with that.

An investigation discovered that the wrong mirror had been built
into the spacecraft. Like they've got large mirrors laying around
everywhere and this was a simple mistake.

It was my understanding that a rather stupid mathmatic mistake had been
commited. Is that wrong?

Oops. Or was it a mistake? The
company that made the mirror also made mirrors for US spy satellites.
Could
it be "the wrong mirror" was installed on purpose so that the hubble
became
a replacement spy satellite?

Rich

But would the "wrong mirror" in the Hubble be able to focus on terra firma?
I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

Are spy satelites mirrors as large as the Hubble's?
--
Jim in NC