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Originally Posted by bojan
As for recycling the mirror..
There is another one built and stored (with the same error because they used the same test jig..
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That is not strictly correct.
Perkin Elmer sublet the contract for the back-up mirror to Eastman Kodak. They were made and tested with different methods; Kodak used a full sized lap, Perkin Elmer used sub diameter laps. Even if the testing error had been picked up, the Kodak mirror would still have been a better performer because it was smoother (as well as being properly corrected)