NASA NTRS · 20130010361
Advanced UVOIR Mirror Technology Development (AMTD) for Very Large Space Telescopes
Abstract
AMTD 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.
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Postman, Marc, Soummer, Remi, Sivramakrishnan, Annand, Macintosh, Bruce, Guyon, Olivier, Krist, John, Stahl, H. Philip, Smith, W. Scott, Mosier, Gary, Kirk, Charles, Arnold, William. 2013-01-06. Advanced UVOIR Mirror Technology Development (AMTD) for Very Large Space Telescopes. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20130010361
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