Bob Zimmerman is the author of THE UNIVERSE IN A MIRROR: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It, a terrific history of the Hubble, focusing on the people who fought for the creation of this flawed, but ultimately great space telescope. The Hubble has been in the news again lately as the Atlantic Space Shuttle is currently on a service mission for Hubble until May 22. The hope is that the service will extend the working life of Hubble until 2013, after which it will gradually shut down and eventually fall to Earth at the end of a long and distinguished career.

Bob Zimmerman has been interviewed and the book featured on Alan Boyle’s Cosmic Log, which appears on the MSNBC.com site. In addition, the Astroguyz.com site has been following the mission and features a review of the book. Finally, the San Jose Mercury News did a story on some of the people involved with the mission, and Bob is featured in this article, as well.