Take origami, the art of paper folding.

以折纸为例，折叠纸张的艺术。

Really! Can you show me some of your things?

真的！你可以给我看你做的折纸吗？

Origami poses a basic yet infinitely complex challenge

折纸提个基本但无限复杂的挑战。

I pursued it ever since I was a kid, but my study was science and engineering.

我小时候就开始折纸，但是我所学的专业是科学和工程。

Holy origami, that start near the length of a football field y'all.

神奇的折纸作品啊，这距离是个足球场的长度。

The moon, 240000 miles awaya from us. How many times do you need to fold the piece of paper.

月亮离我们24万英里 需要折纸多少次。

Her hobbies are baking, origami, playing piano, playing tennis and collecting adorables things.

她的爱好是烘焙、折纸、弹钢琴、打网球和收集可爱的东西。

So it had to be folded up, right, like a piece of origami, to fit on the rocket.

所以必须像折纸样折叠起来，才能装火箭上。

Now I want to show you how it unfolded in outer space, this origami telescope.

现我想向你展外太空是如何展开的，这个像折纸样的望远镜。

When I'm folding, it's like working with an old friend.

当我折纸的时候就像和个老朋友起工作。

Researchers are also using ideas from origami to design a robot and a special antenna for satellites.

研究者也利用折纸概念设计机器人和卫星上的特殊天线。

This telescope is so large that it could not fit into the rocket without being folded up like origami.

这个望远镜大到如果不像折纸样被折叠起来就放不进火箭里。

Now, he is taking his love of origami to a different place: outer space.

如今，他将要把自己钟爱的折纸技术送往另个不同的地方：外太空。

Not only that, but whole deal is lined with epithelial tissue that has more folds than an origami octopus.

不仅如此，整个都布满上皮组织，比折纸章鱼有更多的褶皱。

Well, a former NASA physicist has folded his love for origami into his career as a mathematician.

名前NASA物理学家怀着对折纸的热爱之情，转行成名折纸的数学家。

But today, origami pieces can be so complicated that they can have tens, hundreds, maybe even a thousand steps.

但是现，折纸的复杂程度已经可以折到，十几次，几百次甚至几千次。

So in 2001, I quit my job to try to make a career out of origami.

2001年，我辞去工作，想折纸方面做些文章。

Around the world, students, teachers, and professionals use origami to improve their visual thinking and problem-solving skills.

世界各地，学生、教师和专业人士使用折纸来提高他们的视觉思维和解决问题的能力。

I presumed it was there for origami.

我以为那纸是折纸用的。

So it comes like this and you pop out the pieces of paper and follow the simple instructions like folding origami.

这就是那个显微镜，你把纸拿来，按照简单的步骤折纸。