In 2012, a US spy agency handed NASA two unused Hubble-sized telescope systems that had been sitting in storage in upstate New York — one of their mirrors now forms the heart of Roman, an observatory launching with Hubble-like sharpness across a field at least 100 times larger.

NASA received flight-qualified parts rather than two launch-ready observatories. Roman's inherited mirror became one element of a newly engineered survey system. The post In 2012, a US spy agency handed NASA two unused Hubble-sized telescop…

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1. SpaceDaily 29 Aug
   In 2012, a US spy agency handed NASA two unused Hubble-sized telescope systems that had been sitting in storage in upstate New York — one of their mirrors now forms the heart of Roman, an observatory launching with Hubble-like sharpness across a field at least 100 times larger. ↗