Transcription: During the next few days, the defective gyroscopes were replaced, and then the old solar camera panels, the camera, and the photometer were replaced with the costar apparatus. On Friday, December 10th, Nicolier relaunched the telescope into space. This marked the beginning of a new era in the story of the world's most expensive observatory. A final note. The STS-61 costs $629 million, of which the repair of the telescope accounted for $251 million and the shuttle flight $378 million. In October 1993, Perkin-Elmer, the firm which had made the mirror, paid a fine of $25 million for deliberately ... File Comment Made in Intimate Arts
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