#24 What went wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope?

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Send us a textSo way back in the 90s, NASA launched the bus-sized Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. But it had a huge problem, it couldn't focus the light from space as well as it should have.What went wrong? And how did NASA fix it, so it could stay in service for thirty years?Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTimeYou can request a topic for the show! Email it to [email protected]

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