Who designed the hubble telescope?

Answer 1

Engineers at Perkin Elmer Corporation, engineers at NASA came up with the concept of an orbiting telescope, to eliminate the distortion of the earth's atomosphere. NASA originally wanted a much larger mirror, but the technology did not exist at the time. Engineers at Perkin came up with the design and specs for the 110" mirror and the incorporation design. The Astronomer named Hubble- Edwin Hubble- there is a bust of him at the Hayden Planetarium, or was, died in l948 and therfore had nothing to do with the invention of the telescope named in his honor. It was named in his honor, but Having died in l948 If I remember this right he could not have played any role in its design. on the other hand we do have posthumously erected buildings such as the Gateway Arch and the Sears Tower, but there were considerable variations from the original design. Dead men don"t launch patent or royalty infringement suits. The Sears tower is partially a design of Frank Lloyd Wright but his original design was far bolder. Hubble did not invent the scope that bears his name, there is no relation to the Ball Player Carl Hubble, either.