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I had left teaching, which I enjoyed, because I realized I couldn't get tenure at a research university.

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I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.

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It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientific questions, while my mother took me on walks and showed me birds and plants. She also took me out at night and showed me the constellations and the aurora.

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I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.

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A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.

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The first year I was at NASA, I was only responsible for optical and ultraviolet astronomy. Frankly, there wasn't much else.

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You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up there reasonably large-sized telescopes and unless you are able to keep these telescopes pointing at one region of the sky for long periods of time to a high degree of accuracy.

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We live in a technical society.

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Most kids at 10 or 11 love science, but I never outgrew it.

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The exciting results from the Hubble, other satellites and probes would not have been possible without innovative solutions to many technical problems.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: May 16th, 1925

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