Gossamer booms for use in spacecraft structures such as antennas, telescopes,

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ILC Dover Products Display at Cooper Hewitt
Museum
Gossamer boomsfor use in spacecraft structures
such as antennas, telescopes, solar arrays.
The booms can be heated packed into small
volumes (see the gold boom deployed also in
the packed state just in front of the deployed
boom)
Gossamer booms on right inflatable rigidizable
wings on aircraft to their left (ILC/UK
Mars Pathfinder impact attenuation airbags Right
Apollo ERA spacesuits