European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Problem just a silly mistake a. Sdavid Grimes a he Hubble space Telescope has problems. The Mirror wont focus properly making certain precision astronomical functions All but impossible. How did this happen i called my source at Nasa or. Roy a big to get some answers. A a what a the Story roy7�?o i asked. A flow bid Quot or. Big answered. A flow bid a i said. A a a yes. We Pul the Mirror out for bids. The company that came in with the lowest Price got the  a which company was that a i asked. A Acme space Telescope amp fun House mirrors inc.,&Quot he said. A a done to Tell me a i Saida Quot in a afraid so a or. Big said. A someone in Acme s shipping department got hold of inc. A v.-rer., Purchase order so in Iward of sending us a a precision ground Mirror for the  Telescope they sent us a fun House Mirror that make , look like he or she is 2 feet tall and weighs 400 pounds a a this is terrible a a i said. A Tell me about it a or. Big said. A we just spent $1,5 billion to put a carnival game into . A is the Mission a total loss Quot a not at All a or. Big said. A a we be been Able to make some adjustments to the Telescope from Earth and we re starting to receive some pretty amazing  Quot really Tell me what you be  Quot Well Quot said or. Big a the most recent pictures we be received from Hubble show that Saturn is not a ringed planet after All but rather a giant yellow Smiley face with the words a have a Nice Day revolving around  a a you re kidding a i said. Quot not at All a or. Big responded. A furthermore we now know thanks to the Hubble that Jupiter a great red spot is actually a Birthmark on the forehead of what appears to be a giant gaseous bust of Mikhail   a a that a not All Quot said or. Big. A Hubble has sent Back a lot of pictures of the Moon and by enhancing the images with computers we be discovered that the surface of the Moon is covered with mismatched socks umbrellas gloves and car  Quot so that a where All that stuff disappears to Quot i said in wonderment. A did you happen to spot the operating instructions for my digital watch Quot a let me get Back to you on that Quot he said. A Cdr. Big a i said. A Many astronomers had hoped that the Hubble space Telescope would provide insights on the origins of the universe anything new in this area a a absolutely a said or. Big. Quot we now believe thanks to the signals we be been receiving that the universe was created on aug. 19, 1983, by Art Buchwald who optioned a treatment to Paramount pictures the following month. In 1989, Paramount released a movie called a coming to America starring Eddie Murphy. The picture was a big hit but Buch Wald wound up suing Paramount for $5 million because he claimed the studio Hadnot compel. Sated him for his Story . A a that a the origin of the universe a i said. Quot it sounds like something i read recently in people  Quot really a said or. Big. Quot maybe we still have a Little Fine tuning to do.�?�. Quot Good Luck doctor a i said. A a in a sure the Hubble will turn out to be the finest space Telescope under the Sun Quot Quot in a glad you mentioned that Quot or. Big said. A did i Tell you that we now know that the Sun is really a giant birthday cake with mocha fudge frosting and 10 million candles on it a Quot no you did no to i said. Sarasota Fly Herald Trabun. Contends Center piece you can drive 200 Kilometres an hour in some parts of Europe and on the wrong Side of the Road in others. What seven scarier is the Drivers test. See pages h and 7. Back home.2 a Sitt f  Shalmir j vex Hiltl stateside views. 3 a. By. To Lagont look at what s almost nows observations. .4 t a costs arc. Big wheels in Kuro a it a 11 hat s Yotter biggest shopping problem Home front .5 id Evision sets Are growing wider hop Don t pitch that Bubble wrap. Books. 8-9 to Nebo owes a bit to Hemingway a. James j. Kilpatrick holds court science and the world.10 Man needs a better rat trap at a glance Luxembourg Odds so ends. N Hood holds the family together genealogy and Horoscope i ast laugh .12 Dave Harry cartoons from around the world in a to of hits. Rats Are smarter than people. After All they in survived centuries of our at pts to get rid of them. Page 10.1 his Man May not look like rambo but he knows More about him than anyone else. Page 9. Sunday in a weekly supp lenient to the stars Aivil stripes. Editor John Taj i it Art director Sharon Kikias production i Lisa  Denise Atinis Pat j