Hughes Danbury finishes AXAF mirrors four months early
Hughes Danbury Optical Systems has completed polishing and verifying the eight mirrors for the planned Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) four months ahead of schedule, NASA reported yesterday. The four "nested" pairs of cylindrical mirrors, with mathematically determined geometric shapes...
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