NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Satellite Mirrors Plagued by Warping
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Mirrors being built for a $747-million series of weather satellites have been found to warp and become useless in the temperature extremes of space, a NASA official said. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration spokesman said that the flaw was discovered by ITT Aerospace, a subcontractor for the project, and that the planned weather satellites cannot be completed and launched until a solution is found. In another NASA project, a mirror aboard the Hubble Space Telescope is producing a blurred image.
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