Time saving tooling rods used on NASA's Webb Telescope sunshield
Thursday, August 9, 2018 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
Folding and refolding bed sheets to ensure they are squared can take a lot of time. It's the same with unfurling and folding up NASA's massive James Webb Space Telescope sunshield during testing. However, engineers found a way to make this process much faster by temporarily installing small pencil-sized rods that keep the silver-colored sunshield tidy during inspection and repair.