The Hubble wars : astrophysics meets astropolitics in the two-billion-dollar struggle over the Hubble Space Telescope

The insider story of the launch--and subsequent debacle--of the Hubble space telescope, told with rich human and scientific detail by one of the senior scientists on the project, a National Book Award-nominated writer as well as an accomplished astrophysicist. 8-page full-color photo insert; 120 black-and-white photos.