Thursday, February 21, 2002
Now fold it here...
Origami Astronomy: The Art and Science of a Giant Folding Space Telescope
Robert J. Lang is respected in the art community for folding a mean swan. He's written a half-dozen books on how to make paper airplanes, ants and animals. An admirer called one of his works "arguably the best moose design ever."
In engineering circles, Lang is known as a guy who can figure the best way to stow a car's airbag.
He's also the one they call when they realize that the 100-meter diameter sheet of plastic, part of The Eyeglass Space Telescope, has to fit into a 3x5 meter hole, without permanent creases. [via 2020 Hindsight]
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