Engineering: Tiny shutters open on deep space

Source: The Engineer
 

NASA engineers and scientists building the James Webb Space Telescope have used 'microshutters,' tiny doorways that will allow the telescope to see further than ever before.



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Source: The Engineer
Date Published: January 29, 2007
 
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