Transcription: The COSTAR system, which took just under two years to develop, contains ten small mirrors which modify the optical system and make the telescope perform as it would have done if the mirror had been correctly figured. On Thursday 2nd December 1993, a maintenance mission was launched from Cape Canaveral. This was one of the most difficult and ambitious in the history of space research. The main task of the mission, STS-61, was to repair the telescope and improve the public image of the American space program, following the Challenger disaster, initial difficulties of the Hubble telescope and the ... File Comment Made in Intimate Arts
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