A Futuristic View of Space-Based Deposition Processes

M. L. Fulton

doi:10.1364/OIC.2004.MB2

Optical Interference Coatings
OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2004),
paper MB2
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OIC.2004.MB2

A Futuristic View of Space-Based Deposition Processes

M. L. Fulton

Optical Interference Coatings 2004

Tucson, Arizona United States
27 June–2 July 2004
ISBN: 3-5400-0364-9

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Abstract

Space-based thin-film depositions enable the future development of flexible large-area space antennae and fixed telescope mirrors for lunar-station observatories. Deployable solar-propulsion concentrator arrays, coated in space, will accelerate the feasibility of human flights to Mars.

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