For those into American college football, there's a new commercial to air on ESPN tonight during the Brigham Young University football game in which origami gets a 5-second cameo! You can see it on YouTube now, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJtiUDkp6XA.
At the :34 mark, you'll see Shannon Zirbel, NASA Fellow, opening a flasher, which is under development at JPL for a 25-meter solar array. Here's a video of the BYU program that includes an animation of the deployment (and more Shannon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E12uju1vgQ "Slightly tootish" disclosure: I work with the BYU folks on this and other projects, so I get a little name-checking as part of the package. But keep an eye out, too, for Matthew Gong, a talented up-and-comer that you're going to see more of in the future. Enjoy, Robert
