Ross Catrow
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Jan 3, 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope successfully tensions (most of) it’s enormous sunshield:

The Webb team has completed tensioning for the first three layers of the observatory’s kite-shaped sunshield, 47 feet across and 70 feet long.

I’ve had legit stress sweats just reading about this over the last week or so. I can’t imagine what the folks working on it feel (smell) like.

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