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		sitkack on Aug 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Redditor works out which generation of satellite t... What is depressing is that 4/5th of the HSTs are used for surveillance instead of science.

coolspot on Aug 31, 2019 | [–]

Hubble was built out of leftovers from spy satellites.

Without those 4 there would be no 5th.

bradknowles on Sept 1, 2019 | | [–]

I’ve always wondered why the mirror was slightly out of whack on it, and why the astronauts had to “give it glasses” to fix that problem.

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