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re: Nasa to make major announcement of ‘exciting news’ about the moon

Posted on 10/21/20 at 5:11 pm to
Posted by Tortious
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Posted on 10/21/20 at 5:11 pm to
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Sofia is a modified Boeing 747 that flies in the high the atmosphere, allowing a built-in, 9-foot telescope to get a view of our solar system and the broader universe.


I thought the whole point of Hubble and others was to avoid the atmosphere so why the plane?
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 10/22/20 at 6:11 am to
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I thought the whole point of Hubble and others was to avoid the atmosphere so why the plane?


I was thinking the same thing. Maybe the moon is too close for it to focus?
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