We report on the development of composite mirror technology under the NASA Gossamer Spacecraft Initiative program. The objectives are to produce moderate aperture, extremely low areal density mirrors with smooth surfaces and good optical figure.
Fabrication and testing of ultra-lightweight Gossamer-class composite mirrors
Highly Innovative Space Telescope Concepts ; 2002 ; Waikoloa,Hawai'i,United States
Proc. SPIE ; 4849
2002-12-18
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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