PEM7002: The Hubble telescope is a space orbiting telescope and was launched in 1990 promising: Quality Engineering Management Assignment, CMU, UK

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The Hubble telescope is a space orbiting telescope and was launched in 1990 promising far greater view of space than Earth based telescopes.  A key part of the Hubble telescope design was the mirror within the telescope.  This mirror design and manufacture was both highly advanced and unique.  However once launched it became apparent there was something wrong with the telescope because the images were not much better than Earth based telescopes and distant objects in deep space could not be seen.  On investigation it was discovered the required precision mirror had been ground into the wrong shape.  This mistake resulted in delays in utilising Hubble telescope for its specific purpose and cost many billions of dollars to correct.

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