NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) had their 2016 symposium on August 23-25, 2016. Further Development of Aperture: A Precise Extremely Large Reflective Telescope Using Re-configurable Elements; Melville Ulmer, Northwestern University
This will work will make large deployable and adjustable space mirrors.
From about 28 minutes to 47 minutes in the video
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