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Cashed-strapped NASA Chose Cassini Saturn Probe over SOFIA

机译:资金短缺的NASA选择卡西尼号土星探测SOFIA

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An international airborne telescope the White House proposed mothballing March 4 was squeezed out of NASA's budget by other ongoing missions, in particular the flagship-class Cassini probe that has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, a senior agency official said. The White House proposed grounding the billion-dollar Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) in part to avoid forcing the 16-year-old Cassini orbiter to compete with the 1.5-year-old Mars Curiosity rover for extended mission funding, according to budget documents. Cassini needs about $60 million a year to reach its currently targeted mission conclusion in September 2017. SOFIA, which is finally on the cusp of full-scale science operations after nearly two decades of development, could still be saved if NASA's partner on the project, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), ponies up the roughly $85 million a year needed to keep the observatory flying. Otherwise, SOFIA heads to the hangar after the current fiscal year ends Sept. 30, a NASA official said in a conference call with the press March 4.
机译:一位高级机构官员说,白宫提议的一项国际空中望远镜将3月4日的封存工作从NASA的预算中撤出,其他正在进行的任务,尤其是自2004年以来一直环绕土星运行的旗舰级卡西尼号探测器。白宫提议将数十亿美元的平流层红外天文台(SOFIA)停飞,部分是为了避免强迫16岁的卡西尼号轨道飞行器与1.5岁的火星好奇号流动站竞争,以根据预算延长任务经费文件。卡西尼号每年需要约6000万美元,才能在2017年9月达成目前的目标任务。SOFIA,经过近二十年的发展,终于处于全面科学运作的风口浪尖,如果NASA在该项目上的合作伙伴,德国航空航天中心(DLR)每年支付大约8500万美元,以维持天文台的飞行。否则,SOFIA会在本财年9月30日结束后前往机库,NASA官员在3月4日与媒体举行的电话会议上表示。

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    《Space news》 |2014年第10期|12-12|共1页
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