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How Hubble Works



"INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW" DEPARTMENT

Those of us within reach of the LA Times were treated to the following
explanation (reprinted below in its entirety) in an illustrated sidebar to
a Hubble repair mission story on page 1 last Friday. The sidebar was
entitled "How Hubble Works."

"Light enters telescope and bounces off mirrors. Then it shines on
science instruments through a hole in the center of the primary mirror."

John
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