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Robert J. Lang (US)
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Texts by Julie De Saedeleer
Here are two of origami’s many applications. Others will be described in information level 3.
Solar arrays
The “MIURA-ORI” fold is used for satellite solar arrays.
Advantage: They can be folded and unfolded in a single motion!
Telescopes of the future
Problem: NASA and ESA want to send large telescopes into space (with lenses up to 25 m in diameter). The largest launchers, however, measure five to six meters in diameter.
Solution: Use origami techniques to fold the telescope lens and deploy it in space.
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States are building folding models for different-size lenses.
