Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (07/19/89)
In article <150@cfa.HARVARD.EDU>, willner@cfa.HARVARD.EDU (Steve Willner) wrote: }Just a tiny correction. The KAO is entirely operated by NASA - no NSF }or other agency involvement whatever. The next-generation airborne }observatory (SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) }will be a joint project of NASA and the West German space agency. }(BMFT, I think, though darned if I know what the initials stand for.) ^^^^ I'm pretty sure it's "Bundesministerium fuer Forschung und Technologie" (Ministry of Research and Technology). -- UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=-=-=- Voice: (412) 268-3053 (school) ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@CMUCCVMA FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/46 FAX: available on request Disclaimer? I claimed something? PROGRAM n. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages. tr.v. To engage in a pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunies for reward. -- from a flyer advertising for _Inside_Turbo_Pascal_
leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Lee Mellinger) (07/20/89)
In article <150@cfa.HARVARD.EDU> willner@cfa.HARVARD.EDU (Steve Willner) writes: :> Now take the Kuiper observatory. Why is NASA in charge? Ya got me, :> buddy. (I know NSF and others help adminstrate.) : :Just a tiny correction. The KAO is entirely operated by NASA - no NSF :or other agency involvement whatever. The next-generation airborne :observatory (SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) :will be a joint project of NASA and the West German space agency. :(BMFT, I think, though darned if I know what the initials stand for.) : :Steve Willner Phone 617-495-7123 Bitnet: willner@cfa BMDT = Bundes Ministerium fuer Forshung und Technologie = Federal Ministry for Research and Technology. (spelling is probably not quite right) Lee "I'm the NRA" |Lee F. Mellinger Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA |4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 818/393-0516 FTS 977-0516 |{ames!cit-vax,}!elroy!jpl-devvax!leem leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV BMFT =