The Hubble Wars: Astrophysics Meets Astropolitics in the Two-billion-dollar Struggle Over the Hubble Space Telescope
- ISBN-10
- 0674412559
- ISBN-13
- 9780674412552
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Eric Chaisson
Description
A senior scientist who worked on the Hubble Telescope recounts in detail the three-way struggle between science, government, and industry that led to the malfunctioning, multibillion dollar project
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- 1995-05-01
- 386 pages
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- Harper Perennial
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