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Sandia Micromirrors Eyedfor Next Generation Space Telescope

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 15 -- Micromirrors from Sandia National Laboratories could play a role in NASA's Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST). This successor to the Hubble Space Telescope will search the universe for remnants from the Dark Zone , the period 100 million to one billion years after the Big Bang when the first stars and galaxies formed. According to Ernie Garcia, Sandia's lead engineer on the mirror development effort, the goal is to design mirrors that will be very, very small, move independently and be able to withstand the very cold temperatures and extreme conditions of...Read full article

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