SOFIA Telescope Mirror Gets Key Coating

www.aviationweek.com | Jul 3, 2008

Protective coating for the mirror on Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is 1/300th thickness of human hair.

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Main Mirror for SOFIA Infrared Observatory Receives Finish Coating

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MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The main mirror for NASA's new airborne eye on the universe is now ready for installation after being transformed from a carefully shaped and polished piece of glass into a highly reflective optical component at NASA's Ames Research Center.

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Preserving the Future

blog.vinpowerdigital.com | Jun 27, 2008

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which was established in the permafrost in the mountains of Svalbard, Norway, is designed to store duplicates of seeds from more than 1,400 gene banks spread over the entire planet. This vital measure is to safeguard the world’s agriculture against any negative

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'Portrait' gets inside world of Philip Glass

www.boston.com | Jun 26, 2008

How many contemporary classical composers could you pick out of a lineup? For most people, quite possibly, just this one. Philip Glass's celebrity, like his ever-undulating music, is a unique phenomenon in a field often consigned to the cultural periphery. Insiders often lament that even those who

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The TruckNet® UK Drivers RoundTable :: View topic - Fixed or sliding Fifth Wheel

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Sorry for the stupid question, but what are the advantages of having a sliding fifth wheel as oppose to a sliding one? I understand that a sliding fifth wheel will allow you to move the trailer closer to the unit, but is that it?

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Flight PDF Archive - SEPTEMBER 5, 1935. FLIGHT. 257 New

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SEPTEMBER 5, 1935. FLIGHT. 257 New Equipment for Misr-Alrwork MfSR-AIRWORK is re-equipping with six machines, oneof which has already been delivered. Two are D.H.80s and four are D.H. 89s, one of which is to leave for Egypt on September 3 in the hands of Capt. E. D.

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