The+Hubble+Telescope

The Hubble telescope was launched into space with great fanfare on April 25, 1990. Although there are many powerful telescopes at various locations on Earth, the Hubble telescope was expected to be able to provide considerably better information because it would be able to operate from the <range type="comment" id="565411261_4">vacuum </range id="565411261_4">of space, without <range type="comment" id="565411261_5">interference</range id="565411261_5"> from the Earth's atmosphere. By <range type="comment" id="565411261_6">launching </range id="565411261_6">the Hubble telescope into space, NASA was, in <range type="comment" id="565411261_7">essence</range id="565411261_7">, placing an <range type="comment" id="565411261_8">observatory</range id="565411261_8"> above the Earth's atmosphere. Unfortunately, the Hubble telescope was <range type="comment" id="565411261_9">initially </range id="565411261_9"><range type="comment" id="565411261_10">delayed </range id="565411261_10">in <range type="comment" id="565411261_11">relaying </range id="565411261_11">its first pictures back from space <range type="comment" id="565411261_12">due</range id="565411261_12"> to a simple mathematical <range type="comment" id="565411261_13">miscalculation</range id="565411261_13">. The Hubble telescope <range type="comment" id="565411261_14">relies </range id="565411261_14">upon certain stars to <range type="comment" id="565411261_15">orient </range id="565411261_15">its <range type="comment" id="565411261_16">observations</range id="565411261_16">, and astronomers working on the <range type="comment" id="565411261_17">pointing </range id="565411261_17"><range type="comment" id="565411261_18">instructions</range id="565411261_18"> for the telescope used <range type="comment" id="565411261_19">charts </range id="565411261_19">created in 1950, with <range type="comment" id="565411261_20">adjustments</range id="565411261_20">, however, astronomers <range type="comment" id="565411261_21">added </range id="565411261_21">the <range type="comment" id="565411261_22">amount </range id="565411261_22">of the adjustment <range type="comment" id="565411261_23">rather </range id="565411261_23">than <range type="comment" id="565411261_24">subtracting </range id="565411261_24">it - a simple <range type="comment" id="565411261_25">checkbook</range id="565411261_25">-<range type="comment" id="565411261_26">balancing </range id="565411261_26">error. The adjustment was a change of only half a <range type="comment" id="565411261_27">degree</range id="565411261_27">, but by adding half a degree rather than subtracting it, the telescope's <range type="comment" id="565411261_28">aim </range id="565411261_28">was <range type="comment" id="565411261_29">misdirected </range id="565411261_29">by millions of <range type="comment" id="565411261_30">miles</range id="565411261_30">.

B.A.D.D.A <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_2">emphasize </range id="565413849_2"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_3">show </range id="565413849_3"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_4">indicate </range id="565413849_4"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_5">improves</range id="565413849_5"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_6">similarities </range id="565413849_6"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;">previously <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;">stated <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_9">provides </range id="565413849_9"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_10">further </range id="565413849_10"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_11">main </range id="565413849_11"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_12">belong</range id="565413849_12"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_13">high expectations</range id="565413849_13"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565413849_14">misguided</range id="565413849_14"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"> <range type="comment" id="565413849_15">initially <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_5">mentions</range id="565415235_5"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"></range id="565413849_15"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_6">must have</range id="565415235_6"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_7">difficulties</range id="565415235_7"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_8">checkbooks</range id="565415235_8"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_9">adjustment</range id="565415235_9"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_10">should have been more than half a degree</range id="565415235_10"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_11">a more balanced approach</range id="565415235_11"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_12">reinforces </range id="565415235_12"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_13">huge</range id="565415235_13"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_2"><range type="comment" id="565415235_14">emphasizes the wide range</range id="565415235_2"> </range id="565415235_14"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><range type="comment" id="565415235_15">distances </range id="565415235_15">