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Re: The moons of Jupiter for Time or Position?
From: John D. Howard
Date: 2016 May 6, 08:10 -0700
From: John D. Howard
Date: 2016 May 6, 08:10 -0700
Francis,
In the early 1970's a C-141 was modified to carry a gyro-stablized 36 in. cassegrain telescope. Before Hubble and other space telescopes the C-141 could fly above 40,000 ft. for up to 9 hours. It was owned by NASA and called the Kuiper Airborne Observatory.
John H.
