The SOFIA Project Is

question 25

Multiple Choice

The SOFIA Project is

• A) a small Lear jet with an 8-inch visible-light telescope on board, designed to search for lost NASA spacecraft
• B) an x-ray telescope flying many kilometers up (so high that it had to be automated)
• C) a balloon designed to fly above the ozone layer and search for ultraviolet radiation from space
• D) an airplane with an infra-red telescope on board designed to fly above much of the water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere
• E) a NASA aircraft used only by Hollywood movie-makers to teach what it's like in free fall

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