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The space telescope : a study of NASA, science, technology and politics

by Robert W. Smith, Paul Hanle, Robert Kargon, Joseph Tatarewicz

This study examines the history of the Space Telescope within the context of 'Big Science', analysing how funding processes and complex interactions between the scientific community, government and industry contributed to its technical failures.

Accession 6599 ISBN 0521457688 Publisher Cambridge University Press
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