I believe Edwin Hubble did.
The focal point of all Hubble Space Telescope (HST) activities is the Space Telescope Operations Control Center (STOCC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., where the orbiting observatory is managed.
The Spitzer Space Telescope was not invented by a single individual. It was a collaborative effort involving NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and multiple other organizations. The telescope was named after astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer Jr., who first proposed the idea of space telescopes in the 1940s.
Lyman Spitzer died on 1997-03-31.
Lyman Spitzer was born on 1914-06-26.
The idea of placing a telescope in orbit around the Earth was popularized by American astronomer Lyman Spitzer in the 1940s. He proposed the concept of a space telescope to avoid atmospheric distortion, which hampers ground-based observations. This idea ultimately led to the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990.
Lyman Spitzer, one of the 20th century's great scientists.]Though he was not the first to propose the idea of the a space telescope. Spitzer wrote a 1946 report for RAND describing the advantages of an extraterrestrial observatory and how it could be realized with available (or upcoming) technology. He has been cited for his pioneering contributions to rocketry and astronomy, as well as "his vision and leadership in articulating the advantages and benefits to be realized from the Space Telescope Program... or just google it ...
No - though the James Webb Space Telescope will be a partial successor, it's primary observation will be in the infrared spectrum, and will not be sensitive to all light wavelengths that HST currently observes. JWST's primary mission is to observe the faintest objects in the universe.There are several other space telescopes; HST is just the most noted and has the most capability. The telescopes in NASA's "Great Observatories" program are:Hubble Space Telescope (HST)Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO)Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXRO)Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) - Named for Lyman Spitzer, "Father of the Space Telescope"Though the scheduled end of life for HST is a few years off, I wouldn't hold my breath; after working on it for many years, I and many others know that the importance of HST to NASA as a PR tool is invaluable, as well as the amount of data it brings to the scientific community. I'd be willing to bet they'll conjur up another Servicing Mission at some point.
Hubble Space Telescope's Name:NASA named the world's first space-based optical telescope after American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953). Dr. Hubble confirmed an "expanding" universe, which provided the foundation for the Big Bang theory.Cool Fact:Scientists believe our universe began with a "big bang" some 13.7 billion years ago. If all the events in the history of the universe until now were squeezed into 24 hours, Earth wouldn't form until late afternoon and humans would have existed for only 2 seconds.Hubble Space Telescope's Mission:Launch: April 24, 1990 from space shuttle Discovery (STS-31)Deployment: April 25, 1990Mission Duration: Up to 20 yearsServicing Mission 1: December 1993Servicing Mission 2: February 1997Servicing Mission 3A: December 1999Servicing Mission 3B: February 2002Hubble Space Telescope's Size: Length: 43.5 ft (13.2 m)Weight: 24,500 lb (11,110 kg)Maximum Diameter: 14 ft (4.2 m)Hubble is nearly the size of a large school bus-but it can fit inside a space shuttle cargo bay.Cost at Launch:$1.5 billionSpaceflight Statistics:The Hubble Space Telescope whirls around Earth at a speed of 5 miles per second. If cars moved that fast, a coast-to-coast trip across the continental United States would take only 10 minutes. Orbit: At an altitude of 307 nautical miles (569 km, or 353 miles), inclined 28.5 degrees to the equator (low-Earth orbit)Who built the Hubble?Lyman Spitzer Jr. was the one who came up with the idea of "a space telescope". NASA liked the idea and soon funding was coming in from the government and universities. In 1990 the Hubble was completed and launched into orbit.
The cast of Destiny in Space - 1994 includes: Eric DeJong as himself Leonard Nimoy as Narrator Lyman Spitzer as himself
Will Lyman's birth name is William Remington Lyman.
The address of the Lyman Public Library is: 313 Jeffers Street, Lyman, 69352 0384
The address of the Lyman Branch Library is: 204 E Sage, Lyman, 82937 0839