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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by entrep on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:31PM (#30076789)
Correct. And since the beryllium mirrors are 8 times harder than steel, it's probably a tough job.
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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by jacquesm on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:10PM (#30077358)
Not really. They are quite thin and the deformation is minute, on the order of less than a micron at the largest point.
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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by jacquesm on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:22PM (#30088445)
Edit: that should have been 10 micron.
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