fascinating read

[Tonyz]

I am not really into this stuff about stars, planets etc but wow talk about technology

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-01/sofia-flying-telescope-occultation-chasing-shadow-titan/10635802

[AlexS]

Thanks for a most interesting post. Of course, the mathematics used to position the telescope would have been understood by James Cook. The technology is so much better, though, so that the precision is orders of magnitude better.

[rrich]

That was one of the most fascinating links I have ever followed. Thank you so much for sharing.

For the American taxpayer, at a million dollars per flight we get multi billion dollars of information and knowledge.