In 2012, a US spy agency handed NASA two unused Hubble-sized telescope systems that had been sitting in storage in upstate New York — one of their mirrors now forms the heart of Roman, an observatory launching with Hubble-like sharpness across a field at least 100 times larger.
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In 2012, a US spy agency gave NASA two unused Hubble-sized telescope systems that had been stored in upstate New York. One of their mirrors now forms part of Roman, an observatory designed to match Hubble's sharpness across a field at least 100 times larger, and NASA received flight-qualified parts rather than fully launch-ready observatories.
NASA received flight-qualified parts rather than two launch-ready observatories. Roman's inherited mirror became one element of a newly engineered survey system. The post In 2012, a US spy agency handed NASA two unused Hubble-sized telescope systems that had been sitting in storage in upstate New York — one of their mirrors now forms the heart of Roman, an observatory launching with Hubble-like sharpness across a field at least 100 times larger. appeared first on Space Daily .
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