KPIX CBS Weekend News December 26, 2021 01:42:00
Shield is so big, it and everything else had to fold up to fit inside the rocket. once in space, webb will carefully unfold and rebuild itself like robotic origami. project manager bill oaks. >> it is hands down the complexity of its deployment, the material it's been made of, has never been tried by a nasa mission before. >> reporter: if any one of 344 parts fail, the entire mission could be jeopardized. about one-third involve deploying of that sun shield. 1,300 feet of cables almost 600 pulley assemblies. and it all has to work. a million miles out, no calling a.a.a. >> no, but i'm confiden...
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