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A video of NASA 747SP airborne observatory
April 11, 2011
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Whoa! Way cool! What do they plan to use that thing for? It looks expensive...

April 12, 2011
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It has been in the works for years and is flying now. It is supposed to follow up Hubble.

It has been re-engined and flies at 45,000 feet so as to be above a lot of the atmosphere clutter and has a very powerful telesope.

Hope to get to see it in person this summer.

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Smithsonian Air & Space had a fantastic article on how they engineered it to fly with that big of an opening in the fuselage (SWA could learn a thing or two).

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