NASA to proceed with troubled SOFIA astronomy mission

NASA has officially chosen to proceed with the troubled SOFIA airborne astronomy mission, which had its $57.1 million fiscal 2007 budget request cut to zero following a two-year schedule slip and cost growth due to technical problems. Administrator Michael Griffin finally confirmed that NASA will...

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