FLAT EARTH REFLECTIONS (Robert Bassano) - ASTROPHSYICS @ 45,000 Feet: SOFIA Wavelength Capability - 3
Dear Robert Bassano (FLAT EARTH REFLECTIONS aka PLANATE VERITAS),
Concerning your claim number 3...
3) HST was brought back down and gutted to be re-engineered to create Chandra and remaining parts made up SOFIA
My challenge - List on your YouTube web site (PLANATE VERITAS) evidence that supports your claim.
List the STS Shuttle Mission number that recovered the Hubble Space Telescope and brought it back to Earth.
This post is in response to the 10 claims made by Robert Bassano about the Hubble Space Telescope, the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) and the Chandra Space Telescope.
PLANATE VERITAS video channel title is...
PHONE CALL WITH SOFIA TEAM MANAGER! Is this Hubble & Chandra Space Telescopes @ 45,000 FEET?
Video at..
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJNlR4spuM)
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Update: September 14, 2020
SOFIA is not getting as much observation time as originally envisioned...
OIG: NASA’s Management of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Program
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is an airborne observatory housing a 106-inch telescope mounted onboard a Boeing 747SP that makes observations from between 38,000 and 45,000 feet, putting it above 99 percent of water vapor that interferes with ground-based infrared observations. The aircraft is operated out of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, and is currently equipped with six interchangeable instruments that can be upgraded or replaced. SOFIA is used by astronomers to study astronomical objects and phenomena including star birth and death, formation of new solar systems, identification of complex molecules in space, nebulas and galaxies, and transient events like eclipses.
The SOFIA Program is a partnership between NASA—within the Science Mission Directorate’s (SMD) Astrophysics portfolio—and the German Aerospace Center and operates in cooperation with the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and German SOFIA Institute. NASA began development of SOFIA in 1991 and the Program achieved full operational capability in 2014, 13 years behind schedule with development costs over $1 billion (more than 300 percent over the initial cost estimate). Because SOFIA has experienced ongoing operational and technical challenges and has not met science output expectations, NASA has questioned whether its $83 million in annual operating costs could be put to better use. Likewise, the President’s Budget Request has proposed terminating SOFIA on multiple occasions including most recently for fiscal year 2021. However, in the past Congress has continued to fund the Program...
(Please read this full article at the URL posted above)
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Published on – October 22, 2016
Discussion at - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ipUKERU0tzYFxALJBli4A/discussion
Video at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJNlR4spuM
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kind regards, JonahTheScientist
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