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Discussions at the planning level have been taking place for about a year, and Associate Director of the Center for Astrophysics Harvey D. Tananbaum said that official approval is still "a couple of years away...
...Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Faculty (AXAF), an orbital observatory for detailed long range study of x-ray emmissions in space, should be under construction by 1987 and is expected to be operational from 1990 to 2005, said Associate Director of the Center for Astrophysics Harvey D. Tananbaum, head of the project...
Among other phenomena, it will examine quasars, black holes, supernovae and galaxies yet unexplored "from the moons of Jupiter to the outer stretches of the universe," Tananbaum said...
AXAF, 100 times more powerful, will "live" five times as long and will produce clearer, more accurate pictures, Tananbaum said...
Each proposal will receive anywhere from $10 to $50 million in funding. Tananbaum said, adding that NASA and the Center will judge the proposals based on technological and pragmatic approach merits...