Opticians as astronauts

J. R.P. Angel

doi:10.1117/12.950377

Opticians as astronauts

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One of the most useful tasks to be carried out at the space station will be the making of large precision telescopes. It will become possible to assemble optics bigger than can be launched in one piece. A further step would be to take advantage of extraordinarily favorable conditions in space for testing and even manufacturing optics. In this short paper we will consider these two aspects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	40-41
Number of pages	2
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	571
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950377
State	Published - Feb 21 1986

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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