science correspondentjonathan amos about this latest development. we have heard from nasa that they have deployed the mirror. what they haven t done is lock it in place. this mirror, it is so big, six and a half metres across. it went into space like a drop leaf table. so two sides of it were swept back. they had to open it outto make you full monolithic mirror, if you like. the segments that came out have to be locked into position. if they re not, every time they turn the telescope will start flapping around. you cannot image of the cosmos like that. we are still waiting for the latches to go into place. and then we have success and then i can pour myself a drink and relax on a saturday. ok, fairenough. no, no, you have to tell it as it is. that is yourjob. we cross fingers that all happens and it works as it should. give us a sense of what
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