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Old June 24th 06, 02:40 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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Default 72 inch Hubble mirror prototype???

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:19:21 -0500, Thomas Lee Elifritz
wrote, in part:

They must be referring to the 'Kodak' mirror.


It was nearly perfect, as I recall.


I thought *that* mirror was the same size as the one used in Hubble, and
so this was an earlier prototype rather than a parallel effort as the
Kodak mirror was.

John Savard
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