stackyFACTSGetting a spacecraft the size of a school bus into orbit is terribly tricky. Engineers wildly hinge the delicate solar arrays utilizing complex geometrical folding patterns, perfectly squishing them tight enough to cram inside the extremely narrow nose cone of a departure rocket.
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