Hubble Trouble - How did the Space Telescope Mirror End Up Flawed ?

The Hubble space telescope was at the time meant to be the finest telescope ever made with the smoothest most perfect mirror on earth. So how did the $1.5 Billion project end up with a flawed mirror that had a grinding error 10x greater than the required tolerance and so bad that it could not be focused once in space. Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/curiousdroid This episodes shirt was the Penny Dot Lane Retro Mod Polka Dot by Madcap England and is available at AtomRetro.com with worldwide shippin