Actually, they use origami masters to determine how to fold the big mirrors
for shipment, so they can get them up there and have them unfolded properly.
;=)

Marco

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Marc Reinig
UCO/Lick Observatory
Laboratory for Adaptive Optics

Basically, the laws of physics prevent the military from putting up a
spysat that can read license-plates or military insignia, because that
would require far too large a mirror to be launchable using existing
rockets.