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Development and Validation of a Canfield Joint as a Precision-Pointing System for Deep Space Instrumentation
The University of Texas Center for Electromechanics for
successfully achieving all Phase I, II, and III objectives and
producing a sizable prototype ofCanfield's vision.
This work was supported by the Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR) program and the Glenn Research
Center (id: 10.13039/100006193).
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