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The James Webb Space Telescope

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The Hubble Telescope Mirror

Because it's so big, there aren't any rockets that are big enough to launch it fully deployed. So the whole thing has to be folded up to fit inside a rocket. And then once it launches, it will have to assemble itself in space. That whole process of building a deplorable telescope in space is that sort of the source of a lot of engineering challenges.

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