Space Telescope: Testimony before U.S. Congress


The Space Telescope (the Hubble Space Telescope): Out Where the Stars Do Not Twinkle
Author(s):John N. Bahcall
Journal:NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1978: Hearings before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate, 95th Congress, first session on S.365 (U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1977) Part 3, 1692-1697.

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This testimony was presented in support of authorization for NASA beginning the construction of the Space Telescope, which later became known as the Hubble Space Telescope. The testimony was given before the authorization and appropriation committees of both houses of congress.

Science with the Hubble Space Telescope
Author(s):John N. Bahcall
Journal:Hearing on Hubble Space Telescope Flaw before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, Friday, July 13, 1990. The Hon. Robert A. Roe (chairman of the committee) was presiding. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1990).

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This hearing was held in response to the discovery of the aberration in the Hubble mirror. My testimony, reproduced here, described the implications of the mirror flaw for science and the determination of the scientists to help find a solution to the problem. It was a traumatic period for everyone involved with the HST.

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