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on May 9, 2023
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals Fomalhaut's dis...
Space assembly for a telescope is way harder than the ISS. Telescope mirrors need to be aligned to within a few nanometers of each other, compared to the ISS which just needs airtight seals (so ~1mm + O-ring tolerance).
pfdietz
on May 10, 2023
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The alignment would be actively controlled. That's how they make large terrestrial telescopes work.
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