The Biggest Space Telescope in the Universe (UPDATE!)
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
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Alfonso's Telescope Is a Remote Control Telescope
All of those folding pieces are controlled by devices called actuators that drive them to open. The whole time web is unfolding and getting set up, alfonso is what's called on consol. That's a fancy nata word for being at the command centre. We send a command, we wait, we get confirmation, we stop. Everyone says, ok, then we go to the next one. So it's very slow, methodical process. And unlike in the movies nassa, engineers can take their timend,. you have to figure i out a solution or you say, well, i don't know the answer yet.
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