A Big Lift

For airlines, the introduction of widebody jets heralded the opening of long-range, low-cost air travel. Astronomers envisioned a far different use for them. They wanted to lift big infrared telescopes above 40,000 ft.--into the stratosphere--where the air is so thin that 99% of the water vapor that...

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