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From: " -fish->" on 30 Jun 2010 14:22
Hi Guys

I was reading a book about the solar system and came across a picture of the
Kuiper Airborne Observatory, and saw a C64!?!, and after doing some google
search it came upt with this:
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-05-14/news/mn-353_1_kuiper-airborne-observatory


The picture in my book is this:
http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/080A5D71-915C-4979-AE85-65746AC32015/RR006889.jpg



any one knows if they still use it?



From: magnusfalkirk on 30 Jun 2010 16:07
On Jun 30, 1:22 pm, "<-fish->" <f...(a)NOspam.nu> wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> I was reading a book about the solar system and came across a picture of the
> Kuiper Airborne Observatory, and saw a C64!?!, and after doing some google
> search it came upt with this:http://articles.latimes.com/1995-05-14/news/mn-353_1_kuiper-airborne-...
>
> The picture in my book is this:http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/080A5D71-915C-4979-AE85-65746AC...
>
> any one knows if they still use it?

according to this article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_Airborne_Observatory
it was retired in 1995 and is no longer airworthy. it's been replaced
by a new platform called SOFIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_Observatory_for_Infrared_Astronomy

Dean
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