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A Whipple Bumper on a Giant Brillium Gold Plated Mirror

The telescope was hit by a piece of dust in space, and it's moving real fast. If this happens every six month, it could significantly degrade the ability of the telescope to get the same quality of science that we're eting right now. It would still be better than anything that we have by a wide, wide margin. But you can't really put a whipple bumper on your giant brillium gold plated mirrorcause it needs to see.

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