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by danburgo 3863 days ago
Great article, but IMO it missed one of the most important bugs of all, the one with the Hubble Telescope and its mirror
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How does that qualify as a software bug? Perkin-Elmer's custom null corrector was misaligned so the mirror was figured into the wrong shape. Edit: if anything, it was an organizational failure—PE chose to ignore other measurements that showed the mirror was the wrong shape.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/1991000...