Tuesday, 7 May 2013

x-ray mirrors


Photo: The machinery is still too bulky to be practical, and would need to be scaled down before it could be implemented. However, when lighter x-ray mirrors become standard, XNAV will be ready and waiting to guide spacecraft throughout the solar system and beyond. 

More info: http://bbc.in/ZPatuL

Original photo credit: Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

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