Tech for Good: How origami can optimize space telescope design

At Brigham Young University, Professor Larry Howell is working to develop a light detection and radar technology telescope larger than the ones currently used in space by NASA today, but smaller in its deployable form. Howell seeks to combine the principles of Origami systems with design elements like cuts, hinges and magnets to create a telescope the size of a large suitcase at deployment. NASA engineer Mark Stephen highlights how minimising telescope size means more telescopes can be deployed per rocket launch, thus collecting more valuable data for the same cost.