Goodbye, SOFIA, the Telescope That Actually Flew

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In 1997, NASA bought a Boeing 747SP for what might be both a super cool and super absurd purpose. Turn it into SOFIA, a flying telescope. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow, David Brooks, and AndyGneiss! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S225117171840010X [PDF] https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/full/10.1142/S225117171840007X https://www.sofia.usra.edu/sites/default/files/Other/Documents/science_case-final.pdf [PDF] https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4419-9302-1_14 https://www.sofia.usra.edu/sites/default/files/97-Whiting_AeroHistory.pdf [PDF] https://www.sofia.usra.edu/sites/default/files/Other/Documents/OH-Cycle6.pdf [PDF] https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/4857/0000/The-SOFIA-aircraft-and-its-modification/10.1117/12.472490.short https://www.dglr.de/publikationen/2015/370

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