Not exact matches
A starshade is a sunflower -
shaped, paper - thin screen half as big as a
football field that would float tens
of thousands
of kilometers directly ahead
of WFIRST, blocking out a target star's light in much the same way one might blot out the sun in the sky with an extended thumb.
The unique
shape of the
football, for example, contributes the dynamic nature
of the ball itself, which can be thrown long distances in a tight spiral or bounce unpredictably on the
field of play.
Handling in rings up to the size
of a
football field, and working Schutzhund routines require one to be in pretty good
shape, and practice is the only way to get there.