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Article: Hubble's flaws: looking for the source. (Hubble Space Telescope)
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- July 28, 1990
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Hubble's flaws: Looking for the source
Only "three or four" NASA inspectors oversaw the Hubble Space Telescope's optical system during construction, former NASA administrator James Beggs told Congress last week. "We would normally have had many more people in the plant," but management problems, budget cuts and a Department of defense directive all conspired to limit NASA's inspection force, he said.
Testifying before the Senate appropriations subcommittee that oversees NASA spending, Beggs acknowledged that the limited number of inspectors could "have had some impact" on NASA's failure to prevent or detect a serious flaw in one of Hubble's two mirrors ...