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RT @mashable: Hubble Dreams: 1946 Paper Promoted Powerful Space Telescope http://t.co/eeN9Dw8J4I via @theatlantic
April 25, 2013
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Hubble Dreams: 1946 Paper Promoted Powerful Space Telescope
for The Atlantic The Hubble Space Telescope is aging. But there was a time when it was merely a twinkle in some astronomer's eye. In fact, we know exactly who that astronomer was, and when he first told the world about the twinkle.