How NASA Engineers Use Origami To Design Future Spacecraft

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Update: Both the thumbnail and the footage seen at 1:05 used in this video are from the Compliant Mechanisms Research group (CMR) at Brigham Young University. We apologize for not citing this correctly originally. • NASA is using origami to build a giant star blocker, in hopes of imaging distant worlds. • Read More: • This Neurobiologist Swims With Great White Sharks • • This Neurobiologist Swims With Great ... • Subscribe! / dnewschannel • Read More: • What Looks Good on Paper May Look Good In Space • https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.ph... • “Origami, the Japanese tradition of paper-folding, has inspired a number of unique spacecraft designs here. It's little wonder that it fascinates NASA engineers: origami can seem deceptively simple, hiding complex math within its creases.” • Nasa needs you: space agency to crowdsource origami designs for shield • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2... • “In the search for ways to efficiently pack a radiation shield to protect manned spacecraft on deep space missions, Nasa is looking to the public for help.” • A Fold Apart: A NASA Physicist Turned Origami Artist • http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/03... • Check Out Focal Point on Facebook! - / focalpointshow • Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI • ____________________ • Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. • Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_sour... • Subscribe now! / dnewschannel • Seeker on Twitter / seeker • Seeker on Facebook / seekermedia • Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

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