Abstract
dc:description.abstractIn this thesis I describe a period in the Hubble Space Telescope's history during which a relatively small number of astronomers worked to encourage their colleagues to support the telescope project. I analyze astronomers' behavior in terms of the various problems which they faced. I argue that astronomical community came to support the project in part because the telescope's advocates succeeded in separating technological issues from economic ones. I also suggest that separating these two kinds of issues may have contributed to the circumstances which led to the telescope's well-publicized defects.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Science and Technology Studies
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Science and Technology Studies
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1992
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Johnston, Peter J.
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
-
- Barker, Peter
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
-
- Fuller, Steven W.
- Hirsh, Richard F.
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
-
- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-01312009-063039
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/40825