Tech Talk: SOFIA: High-flying Infrared Astronomy
Hacker Dojo 855 Maude Avenue, Mountain Viewhttps://aiaa-sf.org/registration/ Tech Talk: SOFIA: High-flying Infrared Astronomy SOFIA was a 2.7 meter infrared telescope in a Boeing 747 SP. It was a US-German project; NASA provided the aircraft, and the German aerospace center, DLR, provided the telescope. The airborne observatory allowed us to study the cold universe using infrared light, which is inaccessible from the [...]