Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 26, 2016 #1 Share Posted September 26, 2016 A Mechanical Harmony to NASA's Webb Telescope Sunshield Quote NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has a giant custom-built, kite-shaped sunshield driven by mechanics that will fold and unfold with a harmonious synchronicity 1 million miles from Earth. Like a car, many mechanical pieces in the Webb telescope's sunshield will work together to open it from its stored folded position in the rocket that will carry it into space. According to car manufacturers, a single car can have about 30,000 parts, counting every part down to the smallest screws. Like getting all of the parts in a car to operate together, the mechanical parts of the sunshield have to work in the same way. Read More: NASA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted September 26, 2016 #2 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Such a complicated machine, I hope all goes well. NASA, however, is very good, maybe the best, at doing these complex missions. Sunshade deployment commences at L+2 http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/overview/design/deployment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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