Robert H. Koch’s Work on Lightweight Medium-Aperture Mirrors

After a visit by Peter Waddell from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK in 1991, Robert H. Koch launched a program at the University of Pennsylvania to build lightweight pneumatic membrane mirrors, initially for balloon flight observations where weight is at a premium. Mirror cells were fab...

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Main Authors: Bruce D. Holenstein, Richard J. Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Space Science Society 2012-03-01
Series:Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Online Access:http://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/kosss/OJOOBS/2012/v29n1/OJOOBS_2012_v29n1_79.pdf