NASA's SOFIA Flying Telescope May Be Mothballed This Year

The White House's 2015 federal budget request, which was released today, slashes funding for the space agency's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a modified Boeing 747 aircraft that scans the heavens using an 8.2-foot-wide telescope.

NASA's SOFIA Flying Telescope May Be Mothballed This Year A flying astronomical observatory will be grounded later this year unless outside funding can be found for the project, NASA officials announced Tuesday (March 4).

The White House's 2015 federal budget request, which was released Tuesday, slashes funding for the space agency's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747 aircraft that scans the heavens using an 8.2-foot-wide (2.5 meters) telescope.

SOFIA will continue flying science missions through the remainder of the 2014 fis...

Click for the original source of the article

Bu Haber için yorum yapabilirsiniz 13.03.2014 13:23:35 204.236.235.245

Yorumlar()