Word: balloons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Observation of far-infrared radiation is impossible to make from the ground because of obstructive water vapor. The balloon will rise above this vapor at an altitude of 18 miles, Noyes said...
...balloon will be launched from Palestine, Texas later this month...
...needed for the Infrared Telescope Balloon Project will come from Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory funds. The University of Arizona is supplying the equipment...
This is the first time Harvard is using a balloon rather than a rocket for high altitude observations...
...balloon is the only vehicle large enough to transport the 40-inch in diameter telescope. Robert W. Noyes, physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said. In addition, a balloon can stay up longer--10-12 hours of observation is planned--it carries more instruments, and is cheaper...