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Article #351Re: Kuiper Airborne Observatory
From: Ralf.Brown
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 12:49
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 12:49
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In article <150@cfa.HARVARD.EDU>, willner@cfa.HARVARD.EDU (Steve Willner) wrote:
}Just a tiny correction. The KAO is entirely operated by NASA - no NSF
}or other agency involvement whatever. The next-generation airborne
}observatory (SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy)
}will be a joint project of NASA and the West German space agency.
}(BMFT, I think, though darned if I know what the initials stand for.)
^^^^
I'm pretty sure it's "Bundesministerium fuer Forschung und Technologie"
(Ministry of Research and Technology).
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