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NASA OIG Makes SOFIA Reccommendations

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
July 9, 2014
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NASA OIG: SOFIA: NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
“We found that despite substantial delays in reaching operational capacity, SOFIA remains capable of contributing to the scientific body of knowledge and many in the science community view the observatory as a valuable resource. However, we understand that the SOFIA Program is competing for limited resources and policymakers will have to decide whether other NASA projects are a higher scientific and budgetary priority. If the decision is made to continue the Program, we identified several challenges SOFIA will face going forward.”

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One response to “NASA OIG Makes SOFIA Reccommendations”

  1. dogstar29 says:
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    Conducting research on Sophia has proven to be _more_ expensive than conducting research with Spitzer. That is the bottom line. The airborne observatory is an obsolete technology. It has been supplanted, not just in capability but in cost-effectiveness, by the orbiting observatory. It’s time to remember the fallacy of sunk cost, grit our teeth, and pull the plug.