{
  "title": "The Mirror They Left in Space",
  "status": "Independent original portfolio sample, not client work",
  "checked_date": "2026-10-19",
  "scope": "Short documentary excerpt; no commissioned topic or supplied client draft used",
  "sources": {
    "NASA_MIRROR": {
      "title": "Hubble's Mirror Flaw",
      "publisher": "NASA Science",
      "url": "https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/observatory/design/optics/hubbles-mirror-flaw/"
    },
    "JPL_REPAIR": {
      "title": "The Camera That Saved Hubble",
      "publisher": "NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory",
      "url": "https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/the-camera-that-saved-hubble/"
    },
    "ESA_SM1": {
      "title": "Servicing Mission 1",
      "publisher": "ESA/Hubble",
      "url": "https://esahubble.org/about/history/servicing_mission_1/"
    },
    "NASA_HISTORY": {
      "title": "A Brief History of the Hubble Space Telescope",
      "publisher": "NASA History",
      "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/history/hubble/"
    }
  },
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "F1",
      "claim": "Hubble launched in April 1990, above Earth's distorting atmosphere.",
      "source_ids": ["JPL_REPAIR", "NASA_HISTORY"],
      "result": "Verified. Launch and orbital deployment are separate events; the narration gives only the year, 1990."
    },
    {
      "id": "F2",
      "claim": "Incorrect mirror-test setup led to a primary mirror too flat near its outer edge.",
      "source_ids": ["NASA_MIRROR"],
      "result": "Verified. No micron measurement or unsupported blame attribution is included."
    },
    {
      "id": "F3",
      "claim": "Spherical aberration made light from different mirror regions focus at different locations.",
      "source_ids": ["NASA_MIRROR", "JPL_REPAIR"],
      "result": "Verified. The focus-knob sentence is an explanatory simplification of a shape error."
    },
    {
      "id": "F4",
      "claim": "The solution compensated optically rather than replacing the primary mirror.",
      "source_ids": ["JPL_REPAIR"],
      "result": "Verified. The opening and ending refer specifically to the primary mirror."
    },
    {
      "id": "F5",
      "claim": "COSTAR corrected three existing instruments; WFPC2 had its own internal corrective optics.",
      "source_ids": ["ESA_SM1", "NASA_MIRROR", "JPL_REPAIR"],
      "result": "Verified. COSTAR did not supply WFPC2's correction."
    },
    {
      "id": "F6",
      "claim": "Both systems were installed in December 1993, during a mission with five consecutive spacewalks and other maintenance.",
      "source_ids": ["NASA_HISTORY", "ESA_SM1"],
      "result": "Verified. Five spacewalks describes the servicing mission overall, not five walks solely for optics."
    },
    {
      "id": "F7",
      "claim": "Before-and-after M100 images demonstrate improved detail after the repair.",
      "source_ids": ["NASA_MIRROR", "JPL_REPAIR"],
      "result": "Verified in official image captions. Use a WFPC/WFPC2 comparison, not an unrelated modern image."
    }
  ],
  "editorial_notes": [
    "Narrative transitions and the closing interpretation are original framing, not quotations or attributed thoughts.",
    "No invented astronaut dialogue, private reactions, client credits, audience figures, or performance claims.",
    "This is a script sample only; it does not supply or license archival footage."
  ]
}