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		topspin on July 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Future of Space Telescopes in the Era of Super Hea... With its 9m fairing Starship could nearly double JWST's collector area with no folds. Big rockets solve a lot of problems.

johndunne on July 11, 2024 [–]

Or, put a JWST 2.0 with hexagonal segments each the size of the full JWST diameter, and fold that up into Starship... Yes please!

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