One Proposed Mission Design for the European Space Agency's Darwin

question 19

Multiple Choice

One proposed mission design for the European Space Agency's Darwin telescope is to make use of

• A) high-powered lasers.
• B) interferometry.
• C) adaptive optics.
• D) active optics.

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