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Advanced UVOIR Mirror Technology Development (AMTD) for Very Large Space TelescopesAMTD partner Exelis developed & demonstrated a technique to manufacture a 400 mm thick substrate via stacking and fusing core structural elements to front and back faceplates; making a 40 cm cut-out of a 4 meter diameter 60 kilograms per square meter mirror. This new process offers a lower cost approach for manufacturing large-diameter high-stiffness mirrors.
Document ID
20130010361
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other - Other
Authors
Postman, Marc (Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Soummer, Remi (Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Sivramakrishnan, Annand (Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Macintosh, Bruce (Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Livermore, CA, United States)
Guyon, Olivier (Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Krist, John (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Stahl, H. Philip (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Smith, W. Scott (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Mosier, Gary (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Kirk, Charles (Exelis, Inc. McLean, VA, United States)
Arnold, William (Jacobs Technology, Inc. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 27, 2013
Publication Date
January 6, 2013
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
M12-2372
Report Number: M12-2372
Meeting Information
Meeting: 221st Meeting American Astronomical Society
Location: Long Beach, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: January 6, 2013
End Date: January 10, 2013
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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