
Giving the University of Arizona Mirror Lab a spin
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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Roger Is Still Active in the Lab
When that telescope first came online it was making sharper images than comparable telescopes of the day and they quickly realized it was because the mirrors were coming into thermal equilibrium to the same temperature as the surrounding air. Roger is not retired yet he's still working on new concepts for telescopes he's he's working on a paper for conferences coming up on science from the moon. It sounds like sending missions to the outer solar system it's yeah that would be another one except I think we'll at least know whether it's all working.
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