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Nature 439, 515 (2 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439515b; Published online 1 February 2006
Germany urges NASA to save airborne telescope
Tony Reichhard
German space officials were pressing NASA last week to honour US commitment to the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) project, following rumours that the agency may pull funding for the airborne observatory before its first flight.SOFIA, which has been in the planning stage for more than two decades, will place a 2.
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