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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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The Mirror Is Not Warp When Faced With Shifting Temperatures

Mirror is 18 separate segments because it was too big to fit in the launch vehicle. Berillium conducts a does not warp when faced with shifting temperatures. The thin sheet of gold over the brillium insures that the mirror will not, you know, change shape and affect the images we're seeing based on the temperature.

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