How was the Hubble telescope invented?
The Hubble telescope is _not_ an “invention.” There is nothing new about it: it is a natural evolution from trends in astronomy going back centuries. It is a normal modern research telescope, only unusual in that it is placed in an orbiting satellite, so that it is above the turbulence of the Earth’s atmosphere. Te original Hubble telescope had a major optical flaw and produced very poor images. This led scientists to develop sophisticated image processing techniques to extract sharp images from fuzzy ones. These techniques are used widely today in medical imaging.
