RE: Did they check the calibration on the mirror before launching it?
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Darn. Can’t think of everything.
When the Hubble device was blurry comedian Mark Russell said that due to budget cutbacks they were sending an optometrist from Pearl Vision on the space shuttle to make adjustments. “Saving some money but getting the job done.”
L3 did the grinding. I was part of the metrology team. All the fancy equipment we used says we did good