Friday, July 25, 2014

The Webb Space Telescope's sunshield is complete and it looks amazing

The Webb Space Telescope's sunshield is complete and it looks amazing


NASA has finished and stacked the Sunshield for the Webb Space Telescope and it's now getting ready to test it. Look at this huge thing. That's enough tinfoil to cover a roasted chicken— if the chicken was the size of Tyrannosaurus Rex. According to NASA, it provides the equivalent of a 1,000,000 Sun Protection Factor.


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