Claude Nicollier

We developed already, before the first servicing mission, this has been further developed on the second servicing mission and we refined it this time, all the terminology. ”

You can see these boxes which are covered with metal foils for thermal reasons, and they are also, most of the time, thermally controlled inside to keep reasonable temperature inside each of these containers. ”

The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner. ”

As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent to our radio waves. ”