It's an astounding thing when you're creating a mirror closest to perfection that had ever been made, and missing by 2.2 micrometres ruins it. And given that it was the 1980s and you're dealing with nano scale engineering, it was just that much more incredible.
It's an astounding thing when you're creating a mirror closest to perfection that had ever been made, and missing by 2.2 micrometres ruins it. And given that it was the 1980s and you're dealing with nano scale engineering, it was just that much more incredible.