https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6602
Spitzer Space Telescope Begins ... thanks to collaborations between Spitzer and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, ... are based at Lockheed Martin Space Systems ...
The decorated scientist at Ruda Cardinal, nice to have on the Blade Optics File is the very decorated Dr. Tilman Stuhlinger whose brilliant father was in on the design of the HUBBLE Telescope and one of Dr. Werner Von Braun’s Team that the US brought over after WW II. NASA's Rocket and Manned Mission Programs are closely connected withis father making key contribtions.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nazi-scientists-space-program-2014-2
9 Nazi Scientists Who Helped Build The American Space Program.
I like our cont'd chances at NXO knowing this even more re Dr. T Stuhlinger see all below.
Dr. Tilman Stuhlinger https://rudacardinal.com/team.php
Vice President B.S. Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University,1975
M.S. Physics and Astronomy,University of Georgia, 979
M.S. Optics, Un. of Arizona/Optical Sciences Center, 1981,
Ph.D., Un. of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1984
Dr. Stuhlinger, Vice President, is highly accomplished in the areas of optical testing and optical design/analysis utilizing CODE V, ZEMAX, and ASAP/Rabet. Tilman developed an in-house methodology to better analyze and critique optical system sensitivities and tolerancing. A world class designer with revolutionary thinking, he is knowledgeable in fabrication techniques and capabilities. His intimate knowledge of RCI alignment and assembly processes coupled with his extensive experience make his analyses exquisitely accurate.
Among his many accomplishments, he is responsible for the following optical designs:
-All-reflective space-based hyperspectral imager Catadioptric panoramic imager
-Analysis for National Ignition Facility -Tolerance analysis of next-generation space telescope
-SmART Lens, winner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Scientific and Technical "Oscar" Awards 2009
-Design of zoom lens and low stray-light objective for airborne surveillance system
-Tolerancing of wide-field, high-resolution airborne surveillance objective
-Design of non-imaging concentrator array for airborne radiometer -Design of superconic laser-diode collimator
-Design of lithographic optical systems