Testbed Will Wring Out Optical System for Next-Generation Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope--an infrared follow-on to the Hubble Space Telescope--won't launch until 2013, but Ball Aerospace & Technologies is accelerating critical work related to focusing the satellite's huge 18-segment, beryllium primary mirror in orbit. Actively controlling JWST's 6.6-meter...
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