World's Toughest Fixes

World's Toughest Fixes

Giant Telescope (1x5)


: 15, 2008

For this tough job, Sean Riley joins a team of engineers to move and clean a 27-foot, 23-ton, $15 million telescope mirror. Here, three telescopes are used together to form the largest combined telescope in the world.

  • : 2008
  • : 28
  • : 8
  • National Geographic