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Old 29-10-2009, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Jules76 View Post
The James Webb Space Telescope

http://webbtelescope.org/webb_telescope/

NASA plans to launch it in 2014.
... I'm no rocket scientist but a big mirror like that, modular or not, in the open with no protection what so ever... Is it meant to last very long once deployed? HST had a compact design in a tube with a closing flap.
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