Giving the University of Arizona Mirror Lab a spin
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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The lab can barely fit three of these mirrors in a line and you're gonna see that in the integration hall too. The oven has been used for the majority of the large 8.4 meter mirrors that we've cast. During the initial high temp casting and then cooling for three months everything's being monitored 24-7 We have backup power it's all to make sure that the glass and needles without having any stress left in the blank.
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