CATCHING SOME RAYS
NASA has picked Spectrum Astro to build its next gamma ray observatory, the Gamma Ray Large Area Telescope (Glast). Set for launch in 2006, probably on a Boeing Delta II rocket, Glast will be a follow-on to the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The spacecraft's main telescope is designed to be at least...
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