The Hubble wars: astrophysics meets astropolitics in the two-billion-dollar struggle over the Hubble Space TelescopeHarperCollins Publishers, 01/05/1995 - 386 من الصفحات Using keen insight and highly readable prose, the author of Cosmic Dawn takes a thrilling look inside the Hubble telescope debate, probing the polit ics and economics of astronomy and of NASA, and explains the many surprising discoveries that the Hubble has made possible. 120 photos. |
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Deployment and Early Operations | 33 |
Jitters in Space and on the Ground | 86 |
Rubbles First Light | 121 |
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