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  1. Feb 7, 2022, 05:05 PM #1
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    James Webb Space Telescope's Super Ingenious Mirror Actuator

    This is really neat. A company called Ball Aerospace came up with a super smart actuator system for the James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors. It intentionally uses backlash in a really neat way.

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