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.


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    Title :

    Fabrication and testing of ultra-lightweight Gossamer-class composite mirrors


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Highly Innovative Space Telescope Concepts ; 2002 ; Waikoloa,Hawai'i,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2002-12-18





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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