Jerry Nelson, Designer of the Segmented Telescope, Dies at 73 Mr. Nelson’s design, made decades after the size limit was thought to have been reached, allowed scientists to peer farther into the universe than ever before. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Scientists Bristle at Trump Budget’s Cuts to ResearchTrilobites: Ancestral Climates May Have Shaped Your NoseWith E.P.A. Cuts, States Would Lose Help in EmergenciesTrilobites: How a Water Bear Survives, Even When It’s DryDark matter mystery deepens as experts discover DROUGHT in the universeTrilobites: A Search for Clues to What Causes Whale Strandings