NASA and MIT Study to Make Orbital Dish the size of 1.5 Football Fields
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6847Q)
NASA has a phase 1 NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) to overcome the limitations for making giant lightweight dish structures in space. In this NIAC effort, they aim to overcome limitations by using a novel in-space manufacturing method and advanced materials to fabricate high-performance reflectors with dimensions greater than 100 meters, 100 m/m surface precision, ...